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Prison Officials Can't Moot Law Library Suit by Transfer
Loaded on March 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1996, page 21
The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has ruled that prison officials cannot moot a court's order for injunctive relief by transferring the prisoner plaintiff to another prison. It also held that issues not raised in parties' opening appeal briefs won't be considered. Daniel Dilley, a California state prisoner, …
Filed under:
Transfers,
Law Library Access/Adequacy,
Civil Procedure,
Injunctions,
Appeals,
Mootness,
Special Masters,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
California.
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