Laughlin v. Bennett

PER CURTAM.

Appellant, an attorney, applied to appellee, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, for permission to visit a client in the federal prison at Ailanta, Georgia. Appellee thought appellant’s reasons insufficient and refused permission. The District Court granted appellant a preliminary injunction which restrained appellee from “interfering with the right of plaintiff to visit his client.” Appellant then visited his client and had a conversation with him in the presence and hearing of officials. Because the officials did not permit a' private conversation appellant moved that appellee…