Rogers v. Isom

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Plaintiff Gary Richard Rogers, a Virginia inmate, filed this complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the defendant’s practice of rubber stamping outgoing mail violates his constitutional rights. Specifically, plaintiff complains that defendant’s address stamp obscures a religious message defendant placed on the back of an envelope he mailed, thereby violating plaintiff’s First Amendment rights. Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief to halt the stamping of mail.

The Loudoun County Adult Detention Center customarily stamps the Center’s address on…