Portis v. Evans

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

In Portis v. Evans, 249 Ga. 396 (291 SE2d 511) (1982), it was held that under Bounds v. Smith, 430 U. S. 817 (97 SC 1491, 52 LE2d 72) (1977) and Hardwick v. Ault, 447 FSupp. 116 (M. D. Ga. 1978), adequate law libraries or adequate assistance from persons trained in the law must be provided to prison inmates in their preparation and filing of meaningful legal papers in order to grant them meaningful access to the courts.

Portis, incarcerated in the Metro Correctional Institute, filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking meaningful access to the courts under…