Legal Opinion
Abdul-Akbar v. Watson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 11, 1993No. Nos. 92-7571, 92-7572PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Debro Siddiq Abdul-Akbar (“Abdul-Akbar”), charging that the library and the legal resource facilities at the Maximum Security Unit (“MSU”) where he was incarcerated were constitutionally inadequate to afford him a right of access to the courts, brought a section 1983 action in his own name only against several officials of the Delaware Department of Corrections. He sought only monetary damages. The district court ruled in favor of Abdul-Akbar and imposed compensatory and punitive damages against the officials. It also affirmatively ordered…
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