Lumumba v. Blevins

1 Citing case

  1. Riddick v. Mickles

    7:20-cv-00559 (W.D. Va. Mar. 31, 2023)   Cited 3 times

    Similarly, inmates have no per se right to use of email while incarcerated. Lumumba v. Blevins, No. 7:20CV00599, 2022 WL 463105, at *3-4 (W.D. Va. Feb. 15, 2022) (finding that inmates do not have a constitutional right to email access, when other means for free expression and speech are available). Thus, the court concludes that Boyd, Taylor, Mickles, and Gilbert are entitled to summary judgment on Riddick's claims that, they occasionally denied him phone calls or use of the pod kiosk (related to inmate email devices) from July through September 2020, and that Boyd is entitled to summary judgment on Riddick's claim that he denied him a phone call on October 12, 2020.