Legal Opinion
Melvin Barhite v. Patricia Caruso
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 14, 2010No. 09-1312UnpublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of the decision of prison officials to confiscate numerous photographs of scantily clad young women in provocative poses that belonged to plaintiff Melvin E. Barhite, a Michigan state prison inmate. Barhite has been incarcerated since 2001 as a result of his convictions for various sex offenses. Claiming that the prison officials seized his photographs because he is a Mormon, Barhite brought suit pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleged that the officials’ actions violated his rights under the First Amendment and under the…
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