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Jailhouse Lawyers Retain Right to Assist Prisoners
Loaded on April 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1996, page 16
The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has held that prison officials are not entitled to qualified immunity when they punish a jailhouse lawyer for assisting another prisoner. Terry Newell, an Alaska state prisoner, was employed as a prison law library clerk and had a computer in his cell. …
Filed under:
Retaliation for Litigating,
Notice of Rules,
Computers,
Court Access,
Prisoner Legal Assistance,
Legal Materials,
Appeals,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Alaska.
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