What is a prisoner's right to access to an adequate law library?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sule v. Wait, 110 F.3d 70 (9th Cir. 1997):
Included within prisoners' constitutional right of access to the courts "is a prisoner's right to access to adequate law libraries." Vandelft v. Moses, 31 F.3d 794, 796 (9th Cir.1994) (citing Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817 (1977)). "[T]here is no established minimum requirement for satisfying the access requirement; rather, a reviewing court should focus on whether the individual plaintiff before it has been denied meaningful access." Id. (citation omitted).
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