Legal Opinion
Michael Hayes v. Idaho Correctional Center
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 3, 2017No. 14-35078PublishedCited by 1,117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Concurrence by Judge BYBEE
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
Michael T. Hayes appeals the dismissal of his First Amendment challenge to prison officials opening his legal mail outside his presence. Hayes’s complaint alleged four instances of prison employees delivering legal mail addressed to Hayes that had been opened before delivery. The complaint also alleged that the prison and prison officials maintained a policy or custom of ignoring the improper handling of legal mail. The district court dismissed the complaint at the pre-screening stage pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. On appeal, Hayes argues…
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