JONES v. BROWN

Nos. 03-3823, 04-4426, 04-4493.

461 F.3d 353 (2006)

Ronald C. JONES, Appellant v. M. BROWN, Internal Affairs Ofc.; S. Sootkoos, Associate Warden; Roy L. Hendricks, Warden. Jamaal W. Allah; Kevin Jackson; Lennie Kirkland v. * Richard J. Codey, Acting Governor, N.J. (Official Capacity); James McGreevey (Personal/Individual Capacity); Devon Brown, Commissioner, Dept. of Corr., N.J. (Official/Personal/ & Individual Capacity); Terrance Moore, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, Rahway, N.J. (Official/Personal & Individual Capacity); John/Jane Does (Official/Personal & Individual Capacity); Roy L. Hendricks; Robert Shabbick; Wayne Sanderson. * (Pursuant to F.R.A.P. 43(c)). Devon Brown, Terrance Moore, Roy L. Hendricks, Robert Shabbick, Wayne Sanderson, Appellants in No. 04-4426. Jamaal W. Allah; Kevin Jackson; Lennie Kirklan, Appellants in No. 04-4493.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed August 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald C. Jones, (Argued), Newark, NJ, Appellant Pro Se in No. 03-3823.

Peter C. Harvey, Patrick DeAlmeida, Christopher C. Josephson, (Argued), Office of New Jersey Attorney General, Trenton, NJ, Attorneys for Appellants in No. 04-4426 and Appellees in Nos. 03-3823 and 04-4493.

Shavar D. Jeffries, (Argued) Risa M. David, Kelly A. Day, Seton Hall Law School, 833 McCarter Highway, Newark, NJ, 07102 and Lawrence S. Lustberg, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, One Riverfront Plaza, Newark, NJ 07102 Attorneys for Appellants in No. 04-4493 and Appellees in No. 04-4426.

Gerald J. Pappert, Calvin R. Koons, John O.J. Shellenberger, John G. Knorr, III, Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Amicus Appellant in No. 04-4426 and Amicus Appellee in Nos. 03-3823 and 04-4493.

Aaron Christopher Wheeler, James S. Pavlichko, Derrick Dale Fontroy, Theodore B. Savage, Graterford, PA, Pro Se Amici Appellees in Nos. 03-3823 and 04-4426.

Edward L. Barocas, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, Newark, NJ, Attorney for ACLU NJ and Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amici Appellants in No. 04-4426 and Amici Appellees in Nos. 03-3823 and 04-4493.

Before FUENTES, STAPLETON and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge.

We have before us two cases that have been consolidated on appeal.1 While the District Courts in these cases both addressed the constitutionality of a New Jersey regulation governing the processing of incoming inmate legal mail, they reached conflicting conclusions. These consolidated appeals present two principal issues. First, do state prisoners have an interest protected...

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