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PORTIS v. EVANS

38472.

249 Ga. 396 (1982)

291 S.E.2d 511

PORTIS v. EVANS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Portis, pro se.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Daryl A. Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Presiding Justice.

Charles E. Portis is an inmate confined at the Metro Correctional Institution. He filed a petition for mandamus in Fulton Superior Court against the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Offender Rehabilitation, seeking to compel the Commissioner to provide him with the "meaningful access to the courts" required by Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817 (97 S.C. 1491, 52 LE2d 72) (1977). Portis alleged that he was...

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