ROYSE v. SUPERIOR COURT OF STATE OF WASH., ETC.

No. 85-3708.

779 F.2d 573 (1986)

Merle L. ROYSE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The SUPERIOR COURT OF the STATE OF WASHINGTON, In and For WALLA WALLA COUNTY; Pamela Ray, Individually and in her official capacity as Clerk of the Superior Court, et ux., and her sureties of bond, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1986.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing February 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meryle Royse, Walla Walla, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant.

Donald W. Schacht, Walla Walla, Wash., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, Senior District Judge.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc February 21, 1986.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Royse, an inmate at the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, challenges an order of the superior court for that County requiring a contraband inspection of all mail from inmates to that court. Because we find that the order does not violate the inmates' right of access to the courts, we affirm...

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