Couch v. Jabe

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES C. TURK, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff William R. Couch (“Couch”), a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, has brought this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Defendants Jabe, Garman, Braxton, Swisher, and Ryder violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they applied the Virginia Department of Corrections (“VDOC”) Operating Policy 803.2 to exclude Ulysses and Lady Chatterley’s Lover from the prison library and prevent him from ordering these books from a private, approved vendor. 1 Couch seeks a declaratory judgment that…