Legal Opinion
Mauro v. Arpaio
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 1, 1998No. 97-16021PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Jonathan Mauro appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim. The district court held that the Mari-copa County prison system’s policy prohibiting inmates from possessing “sexually explicit” materials, does not violate the First Amendment. The County defines “sexually explicit” material as that containing any graphic representation of frontal nudity. The district court held that the policy was constitutional both as applied to Mauro’s request for Playboy magazine and as applied to the receipt of any pictorial representations of frontal nudity. We…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Roberts v. United States JayceesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Thornburgh v. AbbottSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Jonathan D. Mauro v. Joseph M. Arpaio, Sheriff Maricopa County, a Political Subdivision of the State of ArizonaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Richard Waterman v. John Farmer, Jr., New Jersey Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Waterman v. FarmerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Jonathan D. Mauro v. Joseph M. Arpaio, Sheriff Maricopa County, a Political Subdivision of the State of ArizonaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Christopher Hargis v. Phil Foster, Beauchamp, Lahaei, D.W. McEcheron and D. H.O. CrawfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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