Legal Opinion
Faulkner v. McLocklin
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided December 15, 1989No. S88-588PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MILLER, District Judge.
This cause poses a difficult issue concerning a jail inmate’s right to be present when his legal mail is opened to check for contraband. During plaintiff Gary L. Faulkner’s nine months as a pretrial detainee in the county jail in Fulton County, Indiana in 1988, jail officials opened, outside his presence, certain letters addressed to him. He brings this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking an award of damages from Fulton County Sheriff Richard McLocklin. The court has jurisdiction over the claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343. The case was tried…
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