Alan Mapuatuli, et al. v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General
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Sixth Amendment right to counsel violated by interception of prison emails with counsel
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Resolving a conflict within federal courts, are the Sixth Amendment rights of federal inmates and detainees to the assistance of counsel violated when their prison emails with counsel, especially those labeled as “confidential attorney-client privileged communication,” are nevertheless intercepted and allowed to be read as a matter of presently established Bureau of Prisons and Justice Department policy by their employees, including prosecutors? 2. Are federal inmates and detainees required to exhaust Congressional Prison Litigation Reform Act administrative procedures before being allowed to object in court to violations of their Sixth Amendment rights to the assistance of counsel when their prison emails with counsel, especially those labeled as “confidential attorney-client privileged communication,” are nevertheless intercepted and allowed to be read as a matter of presently established Bureau of Prisons and Justice Department policy by their employees, including prosecutors? 8. Are the attorney work product privileges and ownership rights of criminal defense attorneys violated when their prison emails with inmate and detainee clients, especially those labeled as “confidential attorney-client privileged communication,” are admittedly allowed to be read as a matter of Bureau of Prisons and Justice Department policy by their employees, including prosecutors? 1