Legal Opinion
Cline v. Fox
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided May 7, 2004No. CIV.A.1:00 CV 175PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KEELEY, District Judge.
Before the Court are cross-motions for summary judgment filed by the plaintiff, Roger Cline, and the defendants, William F. Fox and James Rubenstein. Generally stated, the question presented by these motions is whether West Virginia Department of Corrections Policy Directive 503.00, 1 on its face and as applied, is unconstitutional. The Court finds that Policy Directive 503.00(V)(P), in particular, is not reasonably related to legitimate penological objectives insofar as it prohibits reading materials with any written depictions of sexual…
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