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FOSTER v. HUGHES

No. 92-1253.

979 F.2d 130 (1992)

William Wentworth FOSTER; Charles Harvey; Richard Hughes, Jr.; John H. Moss; Harold Nelson; Edward H. Pennington; R. Eugene Roberts; Kirby Rogan, Appellants, v. Gale HUGHES, Appellee, Jefferson Bank & Trust, Defendant, George Lombardi; Dale Riley, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 5, 1992.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Owens, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Bruce Farmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

Before WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Whether state regulations that prohibit prison inmates to place their money in private interest-bearing accounts violate the prisoners' constitutional rights is the issue presented in this case. We believe they do not, and affirm.

I.

The Missouri Department of Corrections does not allow inmates to open or continue to make deposits to checking or savings accounts held in the individual inmate's name.1

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