David Green v. United States

Appellant, an inmate of the United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in his petition in this cause asked the district court to issue a writ of mandamus to the Bureau of Prisons and the Lewisburg Warden “commanding them, together to show cause for denial of corresponding under the mailing privilege of the said penitentiary and the provisions of the said article [Article 1 of the United States Constitution] forthwith before the Court or officer granting the said writ.” He alleged that he had been denied the privilege of placing a minister of his faith “on his regular mailing list…