Legal Opinion

Chinchello v. Fenton

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided November 14, 1986No. 86-5057PublishedCited by 181 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

Edward Chinchello, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Oklahoma, (FCI El Reno) brought this Bivens action1 against a number of federal corrections officials alleging that his outgoing, confidential mail had been opened and that he had been placed in “administrative detention” in violation of numerous amendments to the United States Constitution.2 Two of the defendants, Norman Carlson, Director of the Bureau of Prisons, and Boyde Scott, a corrections officer at FCI El Reno, moved for summary judgment. *128They filed these…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by181 opinions

  1. Kulwicki v. DawsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
  2. Brown v. GrabowskiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
  3. Colburn v. Upper Darby TownshipCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
  4. Young v. KeohaneDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1992
  5. Argueta v. United States Immigration & Customs EnforcementCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011

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