Winston Holloway v. Benny Magness

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Under a contract with the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC), Global Tel*Link (GTL) provides telephone service to ADC inmates and pays ADC 45% of GTL’s gross revenues. Inmate Winston Holloway commenced this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against GTL and ADC officials alleging, as relevant here, that the elevated phone charges he must pay by reason of the contract violate his First Amendment free speech rights because he would call family members outside the prison more frequently if calls were less expensive. 1 He seeks to enjoin ADC from receiving, and GTL from paying, the…