prisoners’ mail

Eighth Circuit

Nathan Christopher Braun, Pl., v. Tim Walz, Commn. of Corrections, Nate Knutson, Chris Pawelk, Sherlinda Wheeler, Byron Matthews, Natalie Leseman, Sharon Henry, and Jason R. Hills, Defendants., CV 20-333 (DSD/BRT), 2021 WL 268321, at *12 (D. Minn. Jan. 27, 2021) (stating that “cases suggest that prisoners have a clearly established right to notice when prison officials decide to deny them mailed materials, as well as a right to protest the decision”).

Johnson v. U.S., 640 Fed. Appx. 601, 602 (8th Cir. 2016) (unpublished) (stating that “it was clearly established that an inmate had a procedural due process right to receive notice that his mail was being rejected”).

Bonner v. Outlaw, 552 F.3d 673, 679 (8th Cir. 2009) (“Bonner’s right to receive notice his packages were rejected was clearly established.”).