The following excerpt is from Hayes v. Woodford, 444 F.Supp.2d 1127 (S.D. Cal. 2006):
State and federal prisoners have a fundamental right of access to the Courts. Casey v. Lewis, 43 F.3d 1261, 1266 (9th Cir.1994). "It is the right upon which all other rights depend." Id. A prisoner's right of access is rooted in the
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