Legal Opinion
Lebron v. Armstrong
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 29, 2003No. 3:01 CV 241CFD WIGPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING AND ORDER
DRONEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Luis Lebrón (“Lebrón”), seeks a writ of mandamus to order the Connecticut Department of Correction to provide him, and all other inmates, legal materials upon request. He argues that the indigen-cy policy of the Department of Correction, which requires an inmate to have less than $5.00 in his inmate account for ninety days to be considered indigent (and thus receive free mailing services), is unconstitutional and has deprived him of his right of access to the courts. The defendants have filed a motion to dismiss the petition for writ of…
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