Legal Opinion
Phillip Wayne Harris v. David Evans, Commissioner, Lanson Newsome, Deputy Commissioner, A.G. Thomas, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 1994No. 89-8589PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we must decide whether an inmate has standing to assert the First Amendment rights of prison guards relative to a prison policy prohibiting its employees from communicating directly with the parole board on behalf of prisoners. Because we find that the prisoner does not have standing, we reverse and remand to the district court for dismissal based on lack of jurisdiction.
I. BACKGROUND
The appellee, Phillip Wayne Harris, filed this pro se action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1 Harris, an…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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