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Washington Litigation Update
Loaded on April 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1994, page 8
Access to the Courts: Prisoners at WCC, TRCC, MICC and WSP have filed suit concerning DOC policies, rules and practices which restrict their right of access to the courts. Scott v. Peterson , Case No. C92-5232B, filed in US District Court in Tacoma, is a consolidation of six individual cases ...
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