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9th Circuit Affirms Court Access Case
Loaded on June 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1995, page 1
In a wide ranging ruling, a unanimous panel of the ninth circuit court of appeals affirmed most of a lower court ruling designed to ensure Arizona prisoners' right of access to the courts. In the May 1994 issue of PLN we reported Casey v. Lewis, 834 F. Supp. 1553 (DC …
Filed under:
Law Library Access/Adequacy,
Photocopies,
Injunctions,
Interpreters,
Telephones,
Attorney Calls.
Location:
Arizona.
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