VESTER v. ROGERS

No. 85-6639.

795 F.2d 1179 (1986)

John B. VESTER, Appellant, v. W.P. ROGERS, Warden, Powhatan Correctional Center & Allyn R. Sielaff, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott M. Kleger, Third-Year Law Student, Post-Conviction Assistance Project, University of Virginia School of Law (Professor Stephen A. Saltzburg, Supervising Atty., Charlottesville, Va., on brief) for appellant.

Richard F. Gorman, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., on brief) for appellees.

Before RUSSELL, HALL, and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

John B. Vester, an inmate in the Virginia penal system, appeals from an order of the district court granting summary judgment on behalf of officials of the Virginia Department of Corrections (the "Department") in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Vester's complaint alleged that the Department's Guideline 851, which prohibits correspondence between inmates in different penal institutions...

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