Legal Opinion

Daniel DILLEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bryan S. GUNN, Warden; Norma Wells; Sgt. Butler; B. Schelke, Defendants-Appellants

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 8, 1995No. 94-55133PublishedCited by 279 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

The defendants, prison officials at Calipat-ria State Prison (“Calipatria”), appeal a district court order requiring them to improve inmates’ access to the prison’s law library. The district court issued the order after entering summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Daniel Dilley, an inmate at Calipatria, on his claim that the defendants violated his right of access to the courts by failing to provide adequate access to the law library. We do not address the validity of the district court’s order granting injunctive relief because this case became moot upon Dilley’s…

2Cases cited39 opinions

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3Cited by279 opinions

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