Does a plaintiff have a standing right to access to a law library or legal assistance program?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Sukumaran v. U.S. DHS/ice-El Centro, Civil No. 14-cv-00967 BAS(JMA) (S.D. Cal. 2014):

freestanding right to a law library or legal assistance, [Plaintiff] cannot establish relevant actual injury simply by [alleging] that his...law library or legal assistance program is subpar in some theoretical sense." Id.; Blaisdell v. Frappiea, 729 F.3d 1237, 1244 (9th Cir. 2013) ("[Access-to-courts rights] are tethered to principles of Article III standing.").

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