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JOHNSON v. KING

No. 2011-CP-00199-COA.

85 So.3d 307 (2012)

Zachary JOHNSON a/k/a Zack Johnson, Appellant, v. Ronald KING, Superintendent of South Mississippi Correctional Institution, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

March 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zachary Johnson , appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by R. Stewart Smith Jr. , James M. Norris , attorneys for appellee.

Before LEE, C.J., ROBERTS and RUSSELL, JJ.

ROBERTS, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Today's case stems from the South Mississippi Correctional Institution's (SMCI) decision to confiscate all inmates' 16-ounce opaque drinking mugs, including one belonging to inmate Zachary Johnson. The decision was based on prison officials finding multiple inmates, other than Johnson, had altered the drinking mugs to conceal cell phones, cell phone parts, or drugs. The drinking mugs were deemed a security risk, classified as...

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