What is the constitutional right of a person to access the courts?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jones v. Mendocino County, Cal., Narcotic Task Force, 895 F.2d 1417 (9th Cir. 1990):
This constitutional right "requires that a person's access to the courts be 'adequate, effective, and meaningful.' ... The touchstone is not total or unlimited access, but meaningful access." Green v. Warden, United States Penitentiary, 699 F.2d 364, 369-70 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 461 U.S. 960 (1983) (quoting Bounds, 430 U.S. at 822-23).
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