Jackson v. Wiley.

• Position: Inmate's access to court right deprived - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

LAW LIBRARY

LEGAL ASSISTANCE

Jackson v. Wiley, 352 F.Supp.2d 666 (E.D.Va. 2004). A state prison inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 action alleging that prison officials denied him adequate medical care and access to prison law libraries. The district court held that the inmate failed to state a claim for violation of his Sixth Amendment right of access to the courts with allegations that he was denied adequate access to prison law libraries, and that a prison law librarian failed to provide him...