Legal Opinion
Nevada Department of Corrections v. Greene
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2011No. 08-17091, 09-15753PublishedCited by 218 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUG, Senior Circuit Judge.
This consolidated appeal asks us to consider the constitutionality of the Nevada Department of Corrections’ (“NDOC”) policy prohibiting inmates’ personal possession of typewriters. NDOC inmates, Travers A. Greene, Paul Browning, and Jimmy Earl Downs, appeal pro se the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the NDOC. We conclude that the ban does not violate the inmates’ constitutional rights and, accordingly, affirm the decision of the district court.
I. Background
In December 2006, Douglas Potter, an inmate at Ely State Prison (“ESP”), murdered…
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