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Eugene Kirby v. Luther Thomas, Warden Kentucky State Penitentiary, Eddyville, Kentucky

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided September 10, 1964No. 15709PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARRY PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the validity of a regulation adopted by the Kentucky De-: fpartment of Corrections which forbid? |the mailing from state prisons of certain ilegal papers prepared by inmates. The ¡regulation provides that papers or documents of a legal nature prepared by an inmate of a state prison shall not be permitted to be mailed or sent out by an inmate of a state penal institution, with certain exceptions. 1 Among the excep tions are habeas corpus, coram nobis or similar proceedings which test the validity of a judgment of conviction.

Kirby, a prisoner in…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Ex Parte HullSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. White v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Mark O. Hatfield, Governor of the State of Oregon v. Paul R. BailleauxCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
  5. United States Ex Rel. Morris v. Radio Station Wenr. Morris v. United States District Court, Northern Dist. Of Illinois, Eastern DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Jack Gittlemacker v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Prisons of Pa. And Frank C. Johnston, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
  2. William Joe Johnson v. Harry S. Avery, Commissioner of Correction, and C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
  3. Roberts v. PepersackDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1966
  4. United States Ex Rel. Wakely v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
  5. Seybold v. Milwaukee County SheriffDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1967

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