Legal Opinion
Leon F. Rich v. George A. Zitnay, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 13, 1981No. 80-1426PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants were convicted of crimes in Maine state courts and, until 1978, incarcerated at the Maine State Prison. Both were administratively determined to be security risks at the Maine prison and transferred in 1978 to the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas. See 18 U.S.C. § 5003; 34 M.R.S.A. § 707. The only issue presented in this appeal is whether the district court properly dismissed plaintiffs’ claim that defendant Maine corrections officials were not providing sufficient legal research materials to insure plaintiffs’ meaningful access to the courts…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Novak v. BetoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Fred A. Cruz, Etc. v. W. B. (Bill) HauckCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail v. Thomas S. Eisenstadt, Etc., Frank A. HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Joseph Toussaint, Plaintiffs/appellees/cross-Appellants v. Daniel McCarthy Defendants/appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Corgain v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Richard Cepulonis v. Michael v. FairCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Knop v. JohnsonDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1987
- Martino v. CareyDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1983
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