John Witherow v. Marvin Paff

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1995-04-12

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PER CURIAM: John Witherow,. an inmate in the Nevada State prison system, filed this complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . He alleges that defendants violated his constitutional rights by refusing to allow him to send mail to the Nevada Attorney General without a “cursory visual inspection” of the contents of the envelope in order to check…

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