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Discipline For Rude Letter Struck Down
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1994, page 3
Lobester Loggins is a Missouri State prisoner. In 1989 he sent his brother a letter. Pursuant to prison policy a prison mail clerk opened and read the letter, which stated in part that "there's a beetle eyed bitch back here who enjoys reading people's mail." The letter continued on in …
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Disciplinary Hearings,
Legality of Rules,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Damages,
Qualified Immunity,
Mail Regulations.
Location:
Missouri.
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