Andrew Lee Jackson v. Raymond K. Procunier, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1986-05-09

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ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge: A prisoner asserts that he was deprived of his constitutional right of access to the courts when his petition in forma pauperis was intentionally delayed by prison mail-room personnel. The delay resulted in the dismissal of his state appeal from an adverse judgment in a civil suit. The court below inte…

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