Legal Opinion

Davis v. West Valley Detention Center

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 15, 2005No. 04-56781Published

1Opinion of the Court

*622MEMORANDUM **

Leonard Gerard Davis, Sr., a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment for defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendants denied him access to the detention center’s law library while he was a pretrial detainee, and as a result, denied him meaningful access to the courts. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918, 926 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.

Davis’s right of access to the courts is ancillary to his state habeas claim, see Christopher v. Harbury, 536 U.S.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Christopher v. HarburySupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  2. Oscar W. Jones v. Lou Blanas County of SacramentoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
  3. People v. WilsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
  4. People v. BlanchardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1996

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