Legal Opinion
Anthony Pratt v. David Tarr
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 27, 2006No. 05-4470PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in this state prisoner’s civil rights suit claims that prison officials violated his constitutional right to access to the courts. His pro se complaint alleges that they “den[ied] him adequate scribe materials, a desk, a chair and personal legal property to defend pending litigation in state and federal courts, which caused plaintiffs eases to now be lost and/or dismissed”; they “violate[d] access to the courts’ standards by refusing to release lawbooks, briefs, transcripts, ease law materials, [and] carbon paper.” The district judge dismissed the suit on…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Alston v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Tony Walker v. Tommy G. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by46 opinions
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