Krug v. Lutz

329 F.3d 692 Lawrence J. KRUG, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas LUTZ, Dr.; Mecoli, Dr.; Fischer, NP; Cleeney, FHA; Flannigan, Warden; D.W. Cattel, Deputy Warden; Mike Dunn, Deputy Warden; Yolanda Martinez, Deputy Warden; Gonzales, Warden; Spargur; Monica Taylor, Defendants-Appellants, and Felix F. Jabczenski, Jr., Dr., Defendant. No. 01-16033. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 11, 2002. Filed May 14, 2003. Wanda E. Hofmann and Bruce L. Skolnik, Assistant Attorneys General, Tucson, AZ, for the defendants-appellants. Adam N. Steinman and Julia Parsons Clarke, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona; Raner C. Collins, District Judge. Presiding, D.C. No. CV-99-00362-RCC. Before BROWNING, FISHER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges. OPINION FISHER, Circuit Judge. 1 Lawrence Krug is an Arizona state prisoner. He claims that Appellants, various Arizona Department of Corrections officials ("ADOC officials"), violated his procedural due process rights by failing to give him the opportunity to appeal the exclusion of incoming publications to a prison official other than…