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Prisoners Have No Right to Give Legal Assistance

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Court Access, Prisoner Legal Assistance, Paralegals. Location: North Dakota.

The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that a North Dakota prisoner had no right to provide legal assistance to other prisoners. There is a circuit split on this issue. See: Gassier v. Rayl, 862 F.2d 706 (8th Cir. 1988).

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