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· 8/14/1991

United States v. Charles Whalen

Citations

  • 940 F.2d 1027
  • 33 Fed. R. Serv. 973
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 18487
  • 1991 WL 153109

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  • because defendant, pursuant to prison regulations, left his outgoing letters unsealed, he had no expectation of privacy with respect to their contents
  • “[I]t is well established that prisons have sound reasons for reading the outgoing mail of their inmates.”
  • “[I]t is well established that prisons have sound reasons for reading the outgoing mail of their inmates.”
  • “it is well established that prisons have sound reasons for reading the outgoing mail of their inmates”
  • “[I]t is well established that prisons have sound reasons for reading the outgoing mail of their inmates.”
  • “[I]t is well established that prisons have sound reasons for reading the outgoing mail of their inmates”

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Judges: Cudahy, Easterbrook, Ripple

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