Legal Opinion
Steven Richards Nordgren, Douglas Yoakam, Ray Dodge and John C. Bolsinger v. William Milliken
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 20, 1985No. 82-1668PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.
In this civil rights action plaintiffs, indigent Utah prison inmates, allege that during their incarceration they were denied their right to meaningful access to the courts in violation of the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Summary judgment was entered in favor of defendants and plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.
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Plaintiffs are involved in legal actions which they are attempting to prosecute or defend pro se. Specifically plaintiff Nordgren claims that he is the defendant in a paternity suit and that he is the plaintiff in a federal…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking UnlimitedSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ramos v. LammCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- Knop v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- Smith v. MaschnerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Polyns Bieregu v. Janet Reno L. Yearby G. Berman, All Employees of Mail Room StaffsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
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