Legal Opinion
Dennis R. Cookish v. Michael Cunningham, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 20, 1986No. 85-1666PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Per curiam
Inmate Dennis Cookish filed this action in the district court of New Hampshire, charging that he had been denied proper medical care by state authorities, and had been denied access to a law library. Later, he amended his complaint, and alleged that the law library at the New Hampshire State Prison was constitutionally inadequate. The district court reviewed the complaint, and concluded that it could withstand a motion to dismiss under Fed.R. Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Cookish requested that counsel be appointed for him; that request was denied. The district court issued a pre-trial order, set a…
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