Legal Opinion
Christopher John Martin and Brett C. Kimberlin v. R.D. Brewer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 8, 1987No. 86-2232, 86-2892PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Two federal inmates complain, in separate proceedings that we have consolidated in this court, that the prison in which they are confined is violating their First Amendment right of free speech. The target of the suits is the prison’s practice of treating all incoming mail as general correspondence — which the prison can open and read before delivering to the inmate, see 28 C.F.R. § 540.14(a) — unless the envelope is marked “Special Mail — Open only in the presence of the inmate.” Prison personnel may only inspect, not read, special mail. 28 C.F.R. § 540.18(a). Inmate…
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