William Van Poyck, 034071 v. Harry K. Singletary, Jr., T.L. Barton, Simeon N. Cerdan, Gale P. Christy, Paul Decker, Roger Guthrie

Appellant, a state prison inmate, filed a civil rights complaint alleging an unconstitutional deprivation of his right to meaningful access to the courts. We must decide whether we have jurisdiction over Appellant’s appeal and whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Appellant’s several motions. We AFFIRM in part and VACATE and REMAND in part.

BACKGROUND

The appellant, William Van Poyck, is a death row inmate in the Florida state prison system. Van Poyck filed a pro se complaint on June 8, 1990 against various officials of the Florida state prison system (“prison officials”).…