Legal Opinion
Laaman v. Hancock
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided December 4, 1972No. 1:93-adr-00002PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOWNES, District Judge.
This is a pro se prisoner’s petition which I have construed as a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3, 4).
Laaman specifies four separate actions by the defendants that allegedly violate his constitutional rights. First, and most serious, is the refusal by the defendants to allow petitioner to have periodicals and books that he had ordered by private subscription. Second, the petitioner alleges that the defendants have refused to allow him to receive mail, that mail to and from his attorney has been opened…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Lee v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lawrence J. Holt v. Robert Sarver, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Battle v. AndersonDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1974
- Zachary Morgan v. Edwin J. Lavallee, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Marvin Lee Aikens v. Leo D. Jenkins, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Charles K. Hopkins v. George H. Collins, Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Gary D. Carpenter v. State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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