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NAKAO v. RUSHEN

No. C-81-3816 SAW.

635 F.Supp. 1362 (1986)

Charles and Helen NAKAO, Plaintiffs, v. Ruth RUSHEN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

May 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis P. Riordan, Nina Rivkind, Riordan & Rosenthal, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

John K. Van De Kamp, Atty. Gen. of the State of Cal., John H. Sugiyama, Aileen Bunney, Deputys, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WEIGEL, District Judge.

It has been established that prison authorities may search a prison cell at any time and for any reason without violating the proscriptions of the fourth amendment. Hudson v. Palmer, 468 U.S. 517, 104 S.Ct. 3194, 82 L.Ed.2d 393 (1984). But, can they send letters found in such a search to third parties? That is the question raised by this suit.1...

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