No. 09-504 In the Supreme Court of the United States

No. 09-504

In the Supreme Court of the United States

DAVID PAUL HAMMER, PETITIONER

v.

JOHN D. ASHCROFT, ET AL.

ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI

TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT

BRIEF FOR THE RESPONDENTS IN OPPOSITION

ELENA KAGAN

Solicitor General

Counsel of Record

TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

BARBARA L. HERWIG

EDWARD HIMMELFARB

Attorneys

Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530-0001

(202) 514-2217

QUESTION PRESENTED

In Pell v. Procunier, 417 U.S. 817 (1974), and Saxbe

v. Washington Post Co., 417 U.S. 843 (1974), this Court

held that prison policies prohibiting face-to-face interviews between prisoners and the media were consistent

with the First Amendment. The question presented

here is:

Whether a policy specific to the death-row unit at the

United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute that permits

prisoners to have contact with media representatives

through written correspondence or approved telephone

calls but prohibits them from conducting face-to-face

interviews with the media is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Opinions below . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

Cases:

Abu-Jamal v. Price, 154 F.3d 128 (3d Cir. 1998) . . . . . . . . 23

Amatel v. Reno, 156 F.3d 192 (D.C. Cir. 1998),

cert. denied, 527 U.S. 1035 (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Beard v. Banks, 548 U.S. 521 (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 20

Board of Trs. of the Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett, 531 U.S.

356 (2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Crawford-El v. Britton, 523 U.S. 574 (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . 22

FCC v. Beach Commc¡¯ns, Inc., 508 U.S. 307 (1993) . . . . . 21

Frost v. Symington, 197 F.3d 348 (9th Cir. 1999) . . . . . . . 25

Johnson v. California, 543 U.S. 499 (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343 (1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Mauro v. Arpaio, 188 F.3d 1054 (9th Cir. 1999),

cert. denied, 529 U.S. 1018 (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 25

O¡¯Lone v. Estate of Shabazz, 482 U.S. 342 (1987) . . . . 17, 19

Overton v. Bazzetta, 539 U.S. 126 (2003) . . . . . . . . 13, 16, 19

Patrick v. Burget, 486 U.S. 94 (1988) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Pell v. Procunier, 417 U.S. 817 (1974) . . . 7, 11, 12, 13, 17, 25

Procunier v. Martinez, 416 U.S. 396 (1974) . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Quinn v. Nix, 983 F.2d 115 (8th Cir. 1993) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Salahuddin v. Goord, 467 F.3d 263 (2d Cir. 2006) . . . . . . 23

(III)

IV

Cases¡ªContinued:

Page

Saxbe v. Washington Post Co., 417 U.S. 843

(1974) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 25

Taylor v. Freeland & Kronz, 503 U.S. 638 (1992) . . . . . . . 14

Thornburgh v. Abbott, 490 U.S. 401 (1989) . . . . . . . 13, 17, 19

Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987) . . . . . . . . . . . . . passim

Walker v. Sumner, 917 F.2d 382 (9th Cir. 1990) . . . . . . . . 24

Waterman v. Farmer, 183 F.3d 208 (3d Cir. 1999) . . . . . . 21

Constitution and statute:

U.S. Const. Amend. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7, 11, 12

28 U.S.C. 1915A(b)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

In the Supreme Court of the United States

No. 09-504

DAVID PAUL HAMMER, PETITIONER

v.

JOHN D. ASHCROFT, ET AL.

ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI

TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT

BRIEF FOR THE RESPONDENTS IN OPPOSITION

OPINIONS BELOW

The en banc opinion of the court of appeals (Pet. App.

1a-30a) is reported at 570 F.3d 798. The panel opinion

of the court of appeals (Pet. App. 31a-48a) is reported at

512 F.3d 961. The opinion of the district court (Pet.

App. 49a-62a) is unreported. A prior opinion of the

court of appeals (Pet. App. 63a-70a) is not published in

the Federal Reporter but is reprinted in 42 Fed. Appx.

861. The original order of the district court dismissing

the case (Pet. App. 71a-79a) is unreported.

JURISDICTION

The judgment of the court of appeals was entered on

June 25, 2009. On September 15, 2009, Justice Stevens

extended the time within which to file a petition for a

writ of certiorari to and including October 23, 2009, and

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