Legal Opinion
Corgain v. Miller
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 27, 1983No. Nos. 81-2967, 81-2990, 81-2996, 81-3009, 82-1157, 82-1447, 81-2965 and 82-1023PublishedCited by 220 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
The appellants are prisoners convicted in state courts of state offenses who were transferred into federal custody pursuant to contracts between the various states and the Attorney General of the United States, as authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 5003. The appellants petitioned for writs of habeas corpus, contending that they are deprived of adequate access to state courts because the library services available to them in the United States Penitentiary (“USP”) at Marion, Illinois are deficient in state law materials. Some of the appellants also contend that due process was…
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