Legal Opinion
James J. Kaufman v. Gary R. McCaughtry
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 2005No. 04-1914PublishedCited by 258 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Wisconsin inmate James Kaufman filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming as relevant here that prison officials violated his First Amendment rights. He raises three unrelated issues. Of the three, the one that has prompted the issuance of this opinion is his claim that the defendants infringed on his right to practice his religion when they refused to allow him to create an inmate group to study and discuss atheism. Kaufman also argues that the defendants used an overly broad definition of “pornography” when they prevented him from receiving several publications…
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