Michael D. Sizemore v. Jerry Williford

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• recognizing that is a plaintiff were to complain solely of “persistent delays in the receipt of” subscriptions, then “the context of his confinement would excuse such relatively short-term subscription interruptions”
• holding prison inmates retained the First Amendment right to receive and read newspapers outside restrictions based on legitimate penological goals
• holding prison inmates retained the First Amendment right to receive and read newspapers outside restrictions based on legitimate penological goals
• explaining that “the context of [an inmate’s] confinement” excuses “the occasional loss or theft of his [mail]”
• emphasizing that “merely alleging 3 an isolated delay or some other relatively short-term, non content-based disruption in the delivery 4 of inmate reading materials will not support ... a cause of action grounded upon the First 5 Amendment”
• noting “an isolated delay or some other relatively short-term, non content-based disruption in the delivery of inmate reading materials will not support, even as against a motion to dismiss, a cause of action grounded upon the First Amendment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).