Legal Opinion
Christopher Payne v. Fred Britten
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 16, 2014No. 12-3872PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Christopher Payne is an inmate at Nebraska’s Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (the prison). Prison officials cen*699sored and confiscated Payne’s incoming and outgoing mail. Payne filed a lawsuit asserting various claims, including 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims alleging violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Payne named several of the prison officials as defendants, asserting that they wrongfully censored and confiscated his mail.
The officials moved for dismissal on the pleadings pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), asserting qualified immunity.…
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