Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit August 12, 2004, 02-2101 (Marc Ramirez v. Michael v. Pugh, Warden, Lsci-Allenwood Janet Reno, Attorney General Kathleen Hawk, Dr., Director of the Bureau of Prisons)

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

A federal prisoner at the low-security correctional institution in Allenwood, Pennsylvania brought this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1381, challenging a Congressional ban on the use of federal funds to distribute certain sexually explicit material to prisoners, along with its implementing regulation.