Legal Opinion
Smith v. Erickson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1989No. Nos. 89-5012, 89-5013PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
Jerry Wayne Smith, a prisoner at the Minnesota Correctional Facility,1 appeals pro se from two final orders entered in the District Court for the District of Minnesota dismissing, for failure to state a claim, his civil rights action alleging that he was denied access to the courts and that prison officials were retaliating against him for pursuing legal actions. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse and remand the cases for further consideration by the district court.
Around February 25, 1988, Smith (a Kansas prisoner transferred to Minnesota pursuant to the…
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