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Legal Mail May Not be Read

Loaded on Aug. 15, 1991 published in Prison Legal News August, 1991, page 4
Filed under: Attorney Client, Civil Procedure, Damages, Qualified Immunity, Legal Mail. Location: Florida.
Legal Mail May Not Be Read

A Florida prisoner filed suit under § 1983 after a letter from his attorney, addressed to him and marked "legal mail," was opened and read in his presence by a prison guard. The guard confiscated the letter and an attached newspaper clipping. The letter …

 

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