Legal Opinion
John Alfred Lee v. Ralph H. Tahash, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 1, 1965No. 17951PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, an inmate of the Minnesota State Prison, sought a declaratory judgment and an injunction against the Warden on the mailing regulations of the prison and particularly in respect to the returning to him of certain letters which he had attempted to have sent out. He contended that he was entitled to maintain the action under the provisions of 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 of the Civil Rights Acts as involving “ * * * the deprivation of * * * rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws * * * of the United States.”
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