John E. Reneer v. Lt. Brian Sewell Al C. Parke Laura Vestal

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1992-09-15

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RYAN, Circuit Judge. In this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , plaintiff John E. Reneer, a former inmate at the Kentucky State Reformatory, alleges that defendants, various corrections officials, violated his First Amendment rights by reading his incoming legal mail. He appeals the district court’s order granting defendants’ motion for…

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