Legal Opinion

Rolf Kaestel v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 19, 1984No. 84-1456PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Per curiam

Rolf Kaestel, an inmate of the Arkansas Department of Corrections (the Department), appeals pro se from a final order of the district court 1 granting summary judgment in favor of appellee Lockhart, the Director of the Department. We affirm. FACTS

On January 6, 1984, appellant filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the Department’s prohibition on the receipt and use of postal stamps and failure to provide indigent inmates with reasonable free postage for nonlegal mail. In his complaint appellant acknowledged that prestamped envelopes were available through the commissary and that…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Robert L. Twyman v. Richard A. Crisp, Phillip Kirk, Melvin D. Typer, James E. Sorrells, and Charles E. StamperCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
  3. Melvin Leroy Tyler v. Milt Harper, Cris Egbert and Gary McConnellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  4. Jensen v. KleckerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  5. Milwaukee Typographical Union No. 23 v. Newspapers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Keith Gibb v. John Scott, Keith Gibb v. World Book, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  2. Hrehorovich v. Harbor Hospital Center, Inc.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1992
  3. Albert Jones, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. The Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  4. Lazzara v. Howard A. Esser, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  5. Richard M. Moody v. Town of WeymouthCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986

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