Nasir v. Morgan.

U.S. Appeals Court

PROHIBITION

Nasir v. Morgan, 350 F.3d 366 (3rd Cir. 2003). A state inmate brought a [section] 1983 action against prison employees, alleging that they violated the First Amendment by banning correspondence between the inmate and a former prisoner, and violated the former prisoner's due process rights by failing to inform him of the ban on correspondence. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants and the appeals court affirmed. The appeals court held that the prohibition on correspondence between inmates and former inmates did not violate the First Amendment, as applied to incoming mail and outgoing mail. The court noted that the regulation did not bar all forms of correspondence, leaving ample alternative means to communicate open to the inmates. (State Correctional Institution at Greensburg, Pennsylvania)