Samford v. Dretke

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a claim is frivolous if it lacks any arguable basis in law or fact
• concluding enforcement of “negative mail list” that excluded mail to inmate’s minor sons was reasonable and did not violate inmate’s First Amendment rights
• upholding Texas’ enforcement of its “negative mail” policy as not violative of Samford’s First Amendment right of association with his sons because he had other means of communicating with them
• \Prisons have a legitimate interest in protecting crime victims and their families from the unwanted communications of prisoners when a victim requests that the prison prevent such communication.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).