Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. Trotter
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided October 16, 1980No. 77-3482-NA-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MORTON, Chief Judge.
This action was filed on October 4, 1977, by three prisoners at the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville, Tennessee. Their pro se complaint alleged that they were being harassed and/or punished by the defendant prison officials who were allegedly attempting to obstruct the plaintiffs’ constitutionally protected right of access to the courts. The plaintiffs sought damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of their rights under the first and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution. The court has determined that it has jurisdiction to ascertain the…
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