Boyd v. Anderson.

• Position: Prisoner alleges corrections officials for violating federally-protected rights - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

LAW LIBRARY

VISITS

ACCESS TO ATTORNEY

Boyd v. Anderson, 265 F.Supp.2d 952 (N.D.Ind. 2003). Prisoners filed a complaint in state court, alleging that state corrections officials had violated their federally-protected rights while they were confined in a state prison. The case was removed to federal court, where some of the claims were dismissed. The court found no denial of access to courts violation. The prisoners alleged that there were delays of two to three weeks in obtaining cites and materials from the prison law library, but they did not allege that these delays caused them any actual injuries or denied them a reasonably adequate opportunity to present...