Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Palmer
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 18, 1988No. Nos. 86-5093, 86-5166PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*328Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Albert Robinson is a prisoner incarcerated in the District of Columbia Department of Corrections’ (Department) facility in Lorton, Virginia. The visiting privileges of his wife, Ada Robinson, were suspended for one year when she attempted to bring a quantity of marijuana, wrapped in a plastic bag secreted in her undergarments, into the prison. Eleven months later, the Department amended its contraband policy directive to prescribe permanent suspension of the visiting privileges of anyone who…
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