Shaw_Versus_Murphy

Shaw Versus Murphy Robert Shaw, et al., Petitioners v. Kevin Murphy, Respondent 532U.S.C. 223 (2001). Kevin Murphy (Montana State Prisoner) appeals, United States Supreme Court. While incarcerated at a Montana State Prison, Kevin Murphy learned of a fellow inmate (Pat Tracy) that was being charged with assaulting a Correctional Officer. Tracy had requested that Murphy be assigned to his case. Murphy sent a letter to Tracy. Upon receiving the letter, Robert Shaw, a guard at the Maximum Security prison intercepted the letter. Upon reviewing the letter prison officials sanctioned Murphy for violating prison rules, prohibiting insolence, and interfering with due process hearings. Murphy sought declaratory and injunction relief alleging that the disciplinary action violated his First Amendment rights including the right to provide legal assistance to other inmates. The prison, murphy, rights, inmates, letter, court, tracy, kevin, inmate, constitutional, valid, upon, supreme, state, security, right, provide, officials, montana, legal, including, found, first, case, assistance, amendment, while, weighing, violating, violated, united, turnerv, states, stated, sought