U.S. District Court: LAW LIBRARY.

• Position: Brief Article

Rienholtz v. Campbell 64 F.Supp.2d 721 (W.D.Tenn. 1999). A prison inmate brought a pro so action under [section] 1983 alleging that termination from his prison law library position, his transfer to another facility, and his termination from a commissary clerical job, resulted in violation of his First Amendment and due process rights. The district court held that the handling of the inmate's prison grievances did not implicate his First Amendment right of access to courts. According to the court, right of access applies only to court actions, not prison grievances. The court also found that the inmate's alleged lack of access to a prison law library because a computerized research system...