Legal Opinion
Van Lee Brewer, Van Lee Brewer and Claude Harris v. B. Wilkinson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1993No. 92-1718PublishedCited by 226 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmates Van Lee Brewer and Claude Harris brought this § 1983 civil rights action against the mail-room supervisor and a mail-room clerk at TDCJ’s Price Daniel Unit, alleging constitutional violations arising from the handling of their mail. Concluding that the inmates had failed to state a cognizable constitutional claim for denial of access to the courts, the district court granted the Appel-lees’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed the action. Brewer and Harris appeal. We affirm in part and reverse in part the judgment of the…
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