Legal Opinion
Averhart v. Shuler
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided February 12, 1987No. S 84-266PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.
Rufus Azania Averhart (hereafter plaintiff) has filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the defendants. The gist of plaintiff’s complaint contains three basic allegations concerning the mail handling procedures of the Indiana State Prison and the regulations of the Indiana Department of Corrections. Plaintiff contends that the actions of the defendants have violated his First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. First, plaintiff claims that three pieces of legal mail addressed to him were…
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