Legal Opinion
Larry A. Storseth, 623435 v. John D. Spellman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1981No. 79-4682PublishedCited by 777 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge;
I. INTRODUCTION
We are asked to determine (1) whether an inmate has a right to the assistance of an inmate v/rit writer of his choice to assure his right of access to the courts and (2) the extent of his First Amendment right to communicate with that writ writer. 1 Because inmate Storseth has enjoyed adequate access through other avenues, we hold that he does not have any right to inmate assistanee or to the aid of a writ writer of his choice. We hold also that the prohibition of his correspondence with his writ writer infringed on his First Amendment rights.
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