CARTER v. O'SULLIVAN

No. 95-3164.

924 F.Supp. 903 (1996)

Leander CARTER, Ronald Wren, Donald Stroud, Wayne Lemons, Plaintiffs, v. William O'SULLIVAN, Ian Oliver, Jon Heckel, Angela Cross, S. Edwards, John Johnson, Odie Washington, Leo Meyer, Stephen Schnorf, AT & T Communications, Donna Bowen and John Powell, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

April 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leander Carter, Mt. Sterling, IL, pro se.

Ronald Wren, Mt. Sterling, IL, pro se.

Donald Stroud, Chicago, IL, pro se.

Wayne K. Lemons, Mt. Sterling, IL, pro se.

Edwin L. Durham, Atty. Gen., Springfield, IL, for William D. O'Sullivan, defendant, Odie Washington, defendant, Ian Oliver, defendant, Angela Cross, defendant, John Johnson, defendant, Leo Myer, defendant, Stephen Schnorf, defendant, John Heckel.

Ronald L. Hack, Coburn & Croft, St. Louis, MO, Louis F. Bonacorsi, Bryan Cave L.L.P., St. Louis, MO, for Donna Bowen, John Powell, defendant, AT & T Communications, defendant.


OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

This case deals with telephones for inmates in an Illinois prison.

Four state prisoners have brought this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They sue correctional officials and telecommunications providers for alleged infringement of the Plaintiffs' First Amendment associational rights and their Sixth Amendment right of access to their attorneys.

More specifically, the Plaintiffs...

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