Opinion ID: 516452
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Mail Tampering

Text: 38 Jackson claims his mail was tampered with. The documents from the administrative proceedings indicate that he complained that a letter regarding the administrative proceeding, not considered legal mail, had been taped closed. We have held that in order to prevent the sending of contraband, prison authorities may open a prisoner's mail for inspection. Guajardo v. Estelle, 580 F.2d 748, 759 (5th Cir.1978). Jackson has failed to allege that any problem with his mail denied him meaningful access to the courts. See Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 821-23, 97 S.Ct. 1491, 1494-96, 52 L.Ed.2d 72 (1977); Jackson v. Procunier, 789 F.2d 307, 311-12 (5th Cir.1986). There is simply no allegation that any legal mail en route to or from an attorney or the court was tampered with or impermissibly handled. The district court was correct in finding the plaintiff's complaint of mail tampering without merit, and awarding summary judgment to the defendants.