9th Circuit Rules Arizona Policy on Legal Mail Violates 1st and 6th Amendments

Posted by emily on May 18, 2017
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Today in Nordstrom v. Ryan the 9th circuit held that ADC policy of reading outgoing legal mail violates the 6th Amendment and 1st Amendment. The court held that ADC may review outgoing mail for “suspicious features” such as a map or goods, but cannot read the words on the page.

The opinion is available here.

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