Lyon v. Grossheim

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BENNETT, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, Everett Roy Lyon, (“Lyon”), is an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary-at Fort Madison, Iowa (“ISP”). Lyon asserts that his First Amendment rights under the United States Constitution were violated by Defendant, Paul W. Grossheim (“Grossheim”) 1 denying him certain religious comic books. In denying Lyon these religious publications, Grossheim relied upon administrative regulations providing that an inmate may be denied a publication if the publication “is likely to be…