Bryant v. Winston

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an isolated incident of mail mishandling, which is not part of any pattern or practice, is not actionable under § 1983
• holding that the negligent opening of an inmate’s legal mail, on limited occasion and not as part of any pattern, is not actionable under § 1983
• holding that the negligent opening of a prisoner’s legal mail, on limited occasions and not as part of any pattern or practice, does not establish an actionable claim
• explaining that when an officer is “at most, negligent for erroneously opening plaintiffs legal mail,” and “the record reflects that this unfortunate occurrence was an isolated event and not part of any pattern or practice” this fails to state a constitutional claim
• same as to an isolated incident of mail mishandling

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).