Legal Opinion
Knop v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1992No. Nos. 88-1563, 88-1634 and 88-1879PublishedCited by 413 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
These are consolidated appeals in two class actions brought against the Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections by inmates of the Michigan prison system who challenge the constitutionality of certain conditions of their confinement. Both cases involve the State Prison of Southern Michigan at Jackson, and Knop involves three other Michigan prisons as well.
An issue common to the appeals in both Knop and Hadix is whether the district courts erred in finding, as both did, that Michigan prisoners have been denied their right of access to the courts. On the…
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