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CHINCHELLO v. FENTON

No. 86-5057.

805 F.2d 126 (1986)

CHINCHELLO, Edward, Lewisburg Prison Project, Inc. Schoppert, Douglas, Esquire v. FENTON, Charles, Carlson, Norman, Director, Bureau of Prisons, Doe, John, Corrections Officer, FCI, El Reno, Scott, Officer, Corrections Officer, FCI, El Reno, Welsh, Gene, Correctional Supervisor, FCI, El Reno, Oklahoma, Martin, Thomas C., Warden, FCI, El Reno, Oklahoma, Wisehart, David L., Chief Correctional Supervisor, FCI, La Tuna, Texas, Wingfield, R., Chief Correctional Supervisor, FCI, El Reno, Oklahoma, United States of America, Martin, Robert, Martin, Thomas C. Appeal of Norman CARLSON and Boyde Scott.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Hauhart (argued), Lewisburg Prison Project, Inc., Lewisburg, Pa., for appellees.

James J. West, U.S. Atty., James W. Walker, Asst. U.S. Atty., M.D.Pa., Victor D. Stone (argued), Benjamin C. Flannagan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Before SEITZ, ADAMS, and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

Edward Chinchello, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Oklahoma, (FCI El Reno) brought this Bivens action1 against a number of federal corrections officials alleging that his outgoing, confidential mail had been opened and that he had been placed in "administrative detention" in violation of numerous amendments to the United States Constitution.

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