Douglas L. Adams and Gary M. Piccirillo, Ronnie McKane v. Rodrick James, Henry Ziegler, Jr., Don Merritt, J.F. Tompkins, and Louie L. Wainwright

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

Does a prison inmate have a constitutional right not to be transferred from a job as law clerk because it deprives other inmates of the law clerk’s legal services? Or, stated otherwise, may a “jailhouse lawyer” interpose the interests of other inmates to block an action by prison officials, if it will make the jailhouse lawyer less available to help the other inmates to file grievances or lawsuits? In Bridges v. Russell, 757 F.2d 1155 (11th Cir.1985), this court held open the question whether the first amendment encompasses a prisoner’s asserted right to assist other…