Lee v. La. Dep't of Pub. Safety & Corr.

Defendant, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections ("the Department"), appeals a judgment of the district court, which reversed an earlier final decision of the Department in an administrative proceeding, wherein inmate Tracy Lee challenged the Department's rejection of four books received by Lee through the prison mailroom on the basis that the books contained sexually explicit material. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment of the district court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Tracy Lee is an inmate in the custody of the Department who is housed on death row at…