KNIGHT v. LOMBARDI

No. 90-2521.

952 F.2d 177 (1991)

Kurt B. KNIGHT, Appellant, v. George LOMBARDI, William Armontrout, Warden, Arthur W. Dearixon, Mary Basham, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Jeffrey Spainhower, Jefferson City, Mo., argued, for appellant.

Kelly Mescher, Jefferson City, Mo., argued (William L. Webster and Kelly Mescher on the brief), for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOKEN, Circuit Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Kurt B. Knight appeals the district court's1 dismissal of his § 1983 suit against four corrections officials at the Missouri State Penitentiary. He claims that his First Amendment and procedural due process rights were violated when defendants wrongfully withheld personal letters from a prison guard with whom Knight was suspected of having an affair. We affirm.

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