United States Third Circuit

In an action involving the First Amendment rights of prisoners, district court's judgment is reversed where the defendant's new prison mail policy requiring attorneys and courts to affix control numbers to mail sent to inmates is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests and thus does not unconstitutionally infringe on First Amendment rights, as there is a rational connection between the mail policy and the prison's interest in prison security and safety.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/10/2009
• Published 03/10/2009

Judges

• Before:  SCIRICA, Chief Judge, AMBRO, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Claudia M. Tesoro, Office of the Attorney General, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants Jeffrey A. Beard, David DiGuglielmo, and Kim Ulisny., Derrick Dale Fontroy, Theodore B. Savage, Aaron Christopher Wheeler, proceeding Pro se.