Johnston v. Lehman

KELLEY, Judge.

Hiram R. Johnston, petitioner in this action, is an inmate presently in the custody of the Department of Corrections (DOC). At the time this case was brought, Johnston was housed in a Restrictive Housing Unit (RHU) at the State Correctional Institution (SCI), Dallas. 1

In this case in our original jurisdiction, Johnston alleges that various policies established by the DOC violate his constitutional right of access to the courts, as established by Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 97 S.Ct. 1491, 52 L.Ed.2d 72 (1977), and its progeny. Johnston’s allegations can be grouped into three…