Legal Opinion
Robert Sowell v. George Vose
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 6, 1991No. 91-1034PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellant, Robert Sowell, is a prisoner at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Cedar Junction. Sowell’s pro se complaint, which he supported with a number of affidavits and other documents, alleged that his constitutional right of access to the courts was infringed when prison officials restricted his access to certain “legal property.” 1 Sowell alleged two such deprivations. In the first instance, prison officials searched his cell and confiscated some “legal property” located there, removing it to the prison property room where it has been stored pursuant to a Department of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Milissa Garside v. Osco Drug, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Sands v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Howard Hossman v. William Spradlin, James Kimmel and Jack R. DuckworthCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Leonard Rollon Crawford-El v. Patricia Britton and District of Columbia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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