Legal Opinion
Petrick v. Maynard
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 13, 1993No. 93-7062PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we consider whether Oklahoma deprived a state inmate of his constitutional right of meaningful access to .the courts by failing to provide requested legal materials.1 The Plaintiff-Appellant, Rick Dean Petrick (“Petrick”), an inmate at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (“OSP”), filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. He alleged that OSP’s inability to obtain specified legal materials precluded him from attacking prior convictions in North Dakota and Minnesota.2 These pri- or convictions were used to enhance the sentence arising…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- O'Lone v. Estate of ShabazzSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Trujillo v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
- Carper v. DeLandCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Steven Keith Hatch v. State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Donald A. Lehn v. Michael L. HolmesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Josephine Brown v. Aristedes Zavaras, Robert FurlongCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
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