U.S. District Court: PUBLICATIONS.

• Position: Brief Article

Spellman v. Hopper 95 F.Supp.2d 1267 (M.D.Ala. 1999). An inmate in administrative segregation in a state prison sued corrections officials challenging the corrections department's policy that prohibited prisoners from receiving subscription magazines and newspapers while in administrative segregation. The district court entered judgment for the inmate, finding that an absolute prohibition on subscription magazines and newspapers violated the First Amendment. The court noted that the policy was not rationally related to the goals of...