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MEADOWS v. HOPKINS

No. 81-5783.

713 F.2d 206 (1983)

Howard MEADOWS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hal R. HOPKINS, Warden, F.C.I., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Stroud (argued), Memphis, Tenn., Court-appointed for petitioner-appellant.

W. Hickman Ewing, Jr., U.S. Atty., W. James Ellison, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Memphis, Tenn., for respondent-appellee.

Before KEITH and MERRITT, Circuit Judges and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the constitutionality of certain regulations promulgated by the United States Bureau of Prisons and implemented by the appellee, Hal R. Hopkins, in his capacity as the warden of the Federal Correctional Institution in Memphis, Tennessee. Appellants brought this action to challenge the rules that authorize institution staff to read incoming and outgoing "general correspondence" of inmates, and that restrict the number of free...

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