Jacklovich v. Simmons

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• noting that plaintiffs challenging a prison regulation that limited access to publications had introduced such evidence and concluding that prison officials were not entitled to summary judgment
• noting that plaintiffs challenging a prison regulation that limited access to publications had introduced such evidence and concluding that prison officials were not entitled to summary judgment
• explaining that inmates’ First Amendment right to receive information is balanced against “the legitimate penological objectives of the prison”
• observing that “[i]nmates have a First Amendment right to receive information while in prison”—but only “to the extent the right is not inconsistent with prisoner status or the legitimate penological objectives of the prison”
• noting liberty interest in correspondence and noting that inmates have right to procedural due process when publications are rejected
• reversing district court and suggesting ban on purchases from PLN was not reasonably related to legitimate penological interests

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).