Legal Opinion
Alexander v. Hawk
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 5, 1998No. 96-3752PublishedCited by 256 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Michael Alexander, a federal prisoner, brought suit against prison officials claiming that their enforcement of new federal legislation restricting prisoners’ access to magazines which are sexually explicit or feature nudity violates his First Amendment rights. Alexander appeals the district court’s dismissal of his action for failure to exhaust administrative remedies as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) (1996). After review, we affirm.
I. Facts
Since 1979, the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (“BOP”) regulations have prohibited…
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