Vang, Da v. Mellenberger, Heidi

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN DA VANG, Plaintiff, OPINION and ORDER v. 23-cv-828-jdp HEIDI MELLENBERGER, Defendant. This case raises a close question about an inmate’s right to correspond with those outside his prison. Plaintiff Da Vang, proceeding without counsel, wrote to the Wisconsin governor complaining about the racial bias of a prison staff member, in which he alleged that the staffer had a sexual relationship with another inmate of a different race than Vang’s. Defendant Heidi Mellenberger, a unit supervisor at Stanley Correctional…