Pearson v. Simms.

• Position: ACCESS TO COURT - Violation of civil rights - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

LEGAL MAIL

Pearson v. Simms, 345 F. Supp.2d 515 (D.Md. 2003). A state prisoner filed a civil rights action, alleging that prison defendants denied him access to the courts, and that he had been retaliated against for filing administrative procedures. The district court granted summary judgment in favor the defendants. The court held that the prisoner failed to establish a [section] 1983 claim for unconstitutional denial of access to the courts, even though the prisoner demonstrated that there was up to a week long delay...