Legal Opinion
Joseph Amatel v. Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 11, 1998No. 97-5293, 97-5294, 97-5295PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
A group of prisoners and publishers challenges the constitutionality of a statutory ban on the use of Bureau of Prisons funds to distribute sexually explicit material to prisoners. The statute is not enforced directly; instead, the Bureau has promulgated regulations defining the terms of the proscription and significantly narrowing its scope. The district court, analyzing the statute, ruled that it was facially invalid as a violation of the First Amendment…
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