CARTER v. HEWITT

No. 79-1423.

617 F.2d 961 (1980)

Reginald CARTER, Appellant, v. Lowell D. HEWITT, Superintendent; John Fuiek, C.O.; Duane D. Pyles, C.O.; and Gilbert Levi, C.O., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally A. Lied (argued), Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Biester, Jr., Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellees.

James D. Crawford (argued), Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Before GIBBONS, ROSENN and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge:

We are called upon to determine whether a letter written by the plaintiff Reginald Carter, a prison inmate, violated the Federal Rules of Evidence when it was read and admitted into evidence at the trial of a § 1983 action brought by Carter against prison authorities. We determine that it did not, and therefore affirm the judgment of the district court in favor of the defendants.

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