Kenneth Gregory Thompson, Jr. v. Linda Patteson

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Kenneth Gregory Thompson, Jr. (Thompson), an inmate in a Texas state prison, brings this appeal from the dismissal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) of his civil rights suit challenging the withholding of certain sexually explicit publications that he ordered through the mail. We affirm.

Facts and Proceedings Below

Thompson, an inmate at the Darrington Unit state prison in Rosharon, Texas, commenced this civil rights suit with a pro se complaint on October 16, 1991, alleging a deprivation of his constitutional rights in the withholding of certain books…