Frink v. Arnold

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BENNETT, United States Magistrate Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 1186

II. FINDINGS OF FACT 1186

III. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1188

A. Introduction 1188

B. The “Reasonable Relationship” Test 1189

1. Rational Connection Between Restriction and Governmental Interest 1190

2. Alternative Means of Exercising the Restricted Right 1191

3. Accommodation of the Right on Staff and Inmates 1192

4. The Existence of Alternatives 1192

C. Conclusion 1192

Plaintiff Harry Burke Frink, Jr., an inmate in the Iowa correctional system, filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983…