Prisoners' Legal Ass'n v. Roberson

OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

Before the court is defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

Introduction

What distinguishes our society from most others is the continued right of access to the judicial process afforded even to those who have been charged, tried and convicted of a crime. In order to make such access meaningful, prisoners need not only the physical tools to create and submit their complaints and petitions for relief, but frequently due to their own deficiencies in education or language skills, they also need the intellectual tools possessed by others.

This right of access to the…