Montgomery v. Coughlin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mahoney, J.
In these proceedings, petitioners Charles Montgomery and Kenneth G. Pavel, both inmates at Elmira Correctional Fácil*266ity in Chemung County, posit 1st Amendment challenges to a directive of the Department of Correctional Services which, consistent with 7 NYCRR 712.5, prohibits inmates from receiving newspapers from nonpublisher sources (i.e., persons or entities other than the publisher or an approved distributor). Apparently, through application of this rule, they were deprived of access to various newspaper clippings sent to them by family and friends. Applying…
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