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LEONARD v. NIX

No. 94-1364.

55 F.3d 370 (1995)

Stephen C. LEONARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Crispus C. NIX, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied July 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick E. Ingram, Iowa City, IA, argued, for appellant.

William Hill, Des Moines, IA, for appellee.

Before FAGG, WOLLMAN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied July 10, 1995.*

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Stephen C. Leonard appeals the district court's1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Leonard asserts that Iowa prison officials violated his First Amendment rights by disciplining him for using abusive and defamatory language. The district court found no First Amendment...

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