PAYNE v. BRITTEN

No. 12-3872.

749 F.3d 697 (2014)

Christopher M. PAYNE, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Fred BRITTEN; Christopher Connelly; Michelle Hillman; Lee Tinkler; Benny Noordhoek; Carina McRoberts; Jennifer Kunzman, Defendants-Appellants Jerry Bell; Mailroom Person 1; Mailroom Person 2, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana C. Bradford, III , argued, Omaha, NE, for Appellee.

James Kirk Brown , AG, argued, Lincoln, NE, ( Ryan C. Gilbride , AAG, on the brief), for Appellant.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, MELLOY and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Payne is an inmate at Nebraska's Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (the prison). Prison officials censored and confiscated Payne's incoming and outgoing mail. Payne filed a lawsuit asserting various claims, including 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims alleging violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Payne named several of the prison officials as defendants, asserting that they...

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