Legal Opinion

Coleman v. Crisp

District Court, W.D. Oklahoma

Decided September 26, 1977No. CIV-77-0631-DPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

DAUGHERTY, Chief Judge.

This is a civil rights action by a State prisoner for damages and injunctive relief on the grounds that his rights to access to the courts and to adequate medical care have been violated. Defendants have moved to dismiss for the reasons that the Complaint fails to state a claim for relief and that this court does not have venue of the action.

Examination of plaintiff's factual allegations reveal there is really no issue of access to the courts but only of the right of plaintiff to correspond with a federal judge. He alleges that letters addressed to Judge Bohanon of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Robert L. Twyman v. Richard A. Crisp, Phillip Kirk, Melvin D. Typer, James E. Sorrells, and Charles E. StamperCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
  2. Secretary, Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
  3. Clervrain v. NejenDistrict Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 2020
  4. O'Berry v. American Strategic InsuranceDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2022
  5. O'Berry v. American Strategic InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2022

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