SECRETARY v. ALLEN

[No. 5, September Term, 1979.]

286 Md. 133 (1979)

406 A.2d 104

SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES v. CHARLES ANEGUS ALLEN

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doyle, III, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, and H. Edgar Lentz, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

Albert J. Matricciani, Jr., for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, ORTH, COLE and DAVIDSON, JJ.


MURPHY, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue in this case is whether an indigent inmate's constitutional right of access to the courts is violated by a prison regulation which limits his postage-free mailings to seven per week.

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Charles A. Allen, an indigent prisoner at the Maryland Penitentiary, filed a complaint with the Inmate Grievance Commission pursuant to Maryland Code (1957, 1978 Repl. Vol.) Art. 41, § 204F(d), alleging...

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