Ciempa v. Jones

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

NEIL M. GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

These two appeals arise from disputes between David Ciempa and the Oklahoma penitentiaries that house him. Mr. Ciem-pa is a member of the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE), a group derived from the Black Muslim movement that Mr. Ciempa claims is religious in nature. In the first appeal (12-5087), Mr. Ciempa complains that prison officials denied him access to certain issues of the NGE’s periodical The Five Percenter and a book entitled The Soldier’s Guide; initially didn’t allow him access to the book Stoic Warriors; didn’t permit him to…