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Sixth Circuit Defines Legal Mail
Loaded on May 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1997, page 7
The court of appeals for the sixth circuit has held that "legal mail" encompasses legal materials delivered to prisoners by any means, not just via the postal system. As such, the legal materials cannot be inspected outside the prisoner addressee's presence. Temujin Kensu is a Michigan state prisoner. A visitor ...
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