Legal Opinion
Stefanow v. McFadden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1996No. 95-16134PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TROTT, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from a suit brought by Michael Stefanow (“Stefanow”), a prisoner in the Arizona State Prison Complex, against the prison warden and other prison officials (collectively, the “prison officials”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We must decide whether the prison officials’ confiscation of Christianities Ancient Enemy, a book sent to Stefanow by the pastor of his church, violated Stefanow’s First Amendment rights of free exercise of religion and free speech. Because Stefanow’s religion does not require him to read Christianities Ancient Enemy, we…
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