Legal Opinion
Salvatore G. Crisafi v. George E. Holland
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 17, 1981No. 81-1315PublishedCited by 497 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from dismissal of a pro se prisoner’s in forma pauperis civil action. To secure the just and effective processing of similar cases filed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, 1 we present in this opinion guides for district court adjudication.
Salvatore Crisafi, currently a federal penitentiary inmate, complains in this action of alleged deprivations of his constitutional right to meaningful access to courts. He asserts, inter alia, that correction officials arbitrarily curtailed his use of a law library, and denied his requests for writing paper, envelopes, and…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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3Cited by497 opinions
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