Stewart B. Brooks and Mandel Calvin v. Richard P. Seiter, Frederick Silber, Judith Allen and G. Padan

BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Prison inmates Stewart B. Brooks and Mandel Calvin (prisoners) brought this action pro se against prison officials of the State of Ohio (defendants) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint alleged that the defendants withheld from the prisoners, pursuant to Ohio Administrative Regulation § 5120-9-19, certain pamphlets and magazines to which they held mail-order subscriptions. The challenged regulations permit prison officials to withhold written materials from prisoners only if the materials are “obscene” or “inflammatory.” The prisoners contend, inter alia,…