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WA Guards Enjoined From Opening Legal Mail Outside Prisoners' Presence

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Legal Mail. Location: Washington.

Ralph Fourmont is a prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) in
Walla Walla. After WSP mailroom guards opened his legal mail outside his
presence, he sought a preliminary injunction in a federal district court.
The court enjoined anyone acting as supervisor of the WSP mailroom from
opening mail readily ...

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