Legal Opinion
Al-Amin v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 7, 2008No. 06-15248PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, plaintiff-appellee, a state prisoner, alleges that defendants-appellants repeatedly opened his privileged attorney mail outside of his presence and thereby violated his constitutional rights to access to the courts and free speech. Defendants appeal the denial of their motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds. After review and oral argument, we reverse the district court’s qualified immunity ruling as to plaintiffs access-to-courts claim but affirm as to plaintiffs free speech claim. 1
I. BACKGROUND
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