Kummerlowe v. Lewis

892 F.2d 1046 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Carl K. KUMMERLOWE, James J. Hamm, Michael Farlin, Corey Karstetter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Samuel A. LEWIS, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, his agents, his successors & attorneys of ADOC; individually & in official capacity, Defendant-Appellee. No. 88-15460. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 17, 1989. * Decided Dec. 14, 1989. Before FARRIS, PREGERSON and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Appellants are inmates of the Arizona Department of Corrections ("ADC"). Appellee Lewis is the ADC director. Appellants challenge the ADC policy of returning to sender inmate mail which does not include the inmate's ADC number as part of the address. The district court dismissed with prejudice. We reverse and remand. I. 3 ADC Director's Management Order 86-40 requires that "all incoming and outgoing mail must bear the inmate's name, ADC number, and address. The prison…