Johnston v. Lehman

KELLEY, Judge.

Hiram R. Johnston, Jr., petitioner in this action, is an inmate presently in the custody of the Department of Corrections (DOC). At the time this case was originally brought, Johnston was housed in a Restrictive Housing Unit (RHU) at the State Correctional Institution (SCI), Dallas.1

Johnston filed a petition for review in our original jurisdiction against Joseph Lehman, Secretary of Corrections, alleging that various policies established by Lehman and his agents violate his constitutional right of access to the courts, as established by Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 97 S.Ct.…