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Law Librarian Liable for Access Violations
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1993, page 1
A Lorton prisoner at the Occoguan Facility brought suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 and the first, fifth, sixth and fourteenth amendments to the constitution. The complaint alleged a pattern of exclusion and harassment in connection with his use of the prison law library. The defendants were the …
Filed under:
Retaliation,
Retaliation for Litigating,
Law Library Access/Adequacy,
Qualified Immunity,
Supervisory Liability.
Location:
Washington.
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