· 9/16/1977
Lawrence W. Smith, and Cross-Appellants, and Philip E. Jaros, and Cross-Appellants v. Wayne Shimp, and Cross-Appellees
Citations
- 562 F.2d 423
- 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 11555
How courts have described this case
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- reasoning that what a pretrial detainee places in nonprivileged mail, he knowingly exposes to possible inspection by jail officials and consequently yields to reasonable search and seizure
- a pretrial detainee yields any expectation of privacy, when “he knowingly exposes [his mail] to possible inspection, by jail officials”
- “jail officials may read outgoing nonprivileged mail”
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Judges: Castle, Wood, Markey, Patent
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