Odenwalt v. Gillis.

• Position: Civil rights case - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

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Odenwalt v. Gillis, 327 F.Supp.2d 502 (M.D.Pa. 2004). A convicted sex offender filed a federal civil rights action alleging that state correctional officials had violated his constitutional rights by denying him contact visits with his minor children. The district court dismissed the action, finding that the offender's Eighth or Fourteenth Amendment rights were not violated. The court held that the no-contact regulation was supported by legitimate penological interests, and non-contact visits were offered as an...