BROWN v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 28098 Summary Calendar.

419 F.2d 1308 (1969)

James Donald BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Donald Brown, pro se.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen. of Florida, James R. Yon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, a Florida convict, filed his petition in the court below requesting that a three judge court be convened to enjoin prison mail censors from removing postage stamps from his outgoing mail, relying on 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court dismissed the action for failure to state a claim cognizable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We affirm.1

The control of prison mail is a matter of prison administration....

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