Legal Opinion
Donald Edward Allen v. Louis S. Aytch, Individually and as Superintendent or Director of Philadelphia County Prisons
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 29, 1976No. 75-1924PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
The number of civil rights complaints filed annually in federal court by prisoners has been increasing dramatically in recent years. 1 One such complaint, drafted by Donald Edward Allen to challenge certain rules regarding a prison commissary and transmitted to the Clerk of the United States District Court, is alleged by its author to have been removed from its envelope and read by prison officials before it was forwarded to the court. As a result, Allen amended the complaint by adding the only charge that is now before us: that the opening of the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by29 opinions
- David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Polyns Bieregu v. Janet Reno L. Yearby G. Berman, All Employees of Mail Room StaffsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Sarah Anne Williams Wayne Williams, on Behalf of Their Minor Son, John Williams v. The School District of Bethlehem, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Spicer v. HiltonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Clardy v. LeviCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
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