Russell v. Norton

Plaintiff-appellant is an inmate in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. He filed a civil suit in the district court for Lancaster County against defendants-appellees, Steve Norton, Fred Britten, Dennis Bakewell, William Foster, and Laurie Smith-Camp. Defendants are employees of the State of Nebraska, working at various levels in the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. Plaintiff’s petition alleges generally that certain letters he attempted to mail on January 21, 1985, were not “handed over to the United States Postal Service until January 25, 1985”; that plaintiff was not…