Protect “a letter to [a] girlfriend [stating] that a prison officer had sex with a cat” but do not protect mailing a prosecutor “a note written on toilet paper” saying “Dear Susan, Please use this to wipe your ass, that argument was a bunch of shit! You[rs] Truly, George Morgan.” (Morgan v. Quarterman (5th Cir. 2009)). W.C., sending us the case, comments, perhaps only semi-facetiously:
(i) He said “very truly yours.” Maybe he was trying to help her. He was at least sincere.
(ii) I wouldn’t mind doing a similar stunt to opposing in a case I have currently. I too would do so from a helpful perspective. Is that so wrong?
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Are prosecutors immune from protest letters written by their constituents? There was no threat in the letter.
Notice, in one case, an attorney was insulted (bad bad bad, can’t let that happen) and in another case a mere corrections officer was defamed (hey, he’s just a corrections officer, he should lump it). Sometimes, you wonder if it is the law being served, or the legal profession.
I clerked for a district judge, and we one time received an envelope from a prisoner, containing partially chewed food. We just sent it back to the warden’s office.