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Confiscation of Legal Papers States Claim
The court of appeals for the Second circuit reversed the FRCP 12(b)(6) dismissal of a prisoner's § 1983 action against New York state prison officials who confiscated his legal papers. The court held that access to the courts is a substantive right rather than a procedural one. Compared to other …
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