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8th Circuit Rules on Nebraska Prison’s Denial of Religious Publication and Jewelry

Loaded on May 15, 2012

Filed under: Mail Regulations, Censorship, Religious Freedom, Religious Property. Location: Nebraska.

Petitioner Curtis Eugene Rowland, a prisoner at the Pen Unit of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex brought two separate civil rights actions against prison officials in 197l. His § 1983 claim regarding denial of mail was granted; his claim regarding restriction of religious practice was dismissed. Both parties appealed. ...

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