Housewright v. Simmons

*611OPINION

This is an appeal from an order of the district court issuing a permanent injunction against the appellants. Because we conclude that the injunction is void, and that it was issued upon insufficient evidence, we reverse the order of the district court, and we dissolve the permanent injunction against appellants.

Although the procedural history of this matter is complex, the facts relevant to our consideration of this appeal are simply stated. On July 9, 1982, James Simmons, an inmate law clerk at the Nevada State Prison, filed the first of a series of purported writs and motions in the…