Alan Mapuatuli, et al. v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General
1. Resolving a conflict within federal courts, arethe Sixth Amendment rights of federal
inmates and detainees to the assistance of
counsel violated when their prison emailswith 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 oftheir Sixth Amendment rights to the
assistance of counsel when their prison emailswith 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?
3. 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 labeledas "confi.dential 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?
Sixth Amendment right to counsel violated by interception of prison emails with counsel