Paul Wright, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Ronald Van Boening, Robin W. Moses, Larry Jantz, Defendants-Appellees/cross-Appellants

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958 F.2d 380·1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 11226
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 17, 199291-35069California1,713 words

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958 F.2d 380 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Paul WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Ronald Van BOENING, Robin W. Moses, Larry Jantz, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Nos. 91-35069, 91-35172. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 29, 1992 * . Decided March 17, 1992. Before CHOY, SNEED and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Paul Wright, a prisoner in the Washington state prison system, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of officials of the Washington State Penitentiary in this pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Wright alleges that the officials violated his First Amendment rights by confiscating, pursuant to prison policy, certain sexually explicit pictorial and narrative materials belonging to Wright. The district court determined the materials to be obscene and to have been properly confiscated. We affirm. 1 I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW 3 In March 1989, Wright received a…

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