ABDUL-AKBAR v. WATSON

Nos. 92-7571, 92-7572.

4 F.3d 195 (1993)

Debro S. ABDUL-AKBAR, Appellant in No. 92-7571, v. Robert J. WATSON; Walter W. Redman; Hank Risley; Donald Davis; Bruce Hobler; DE Dept. of Corrections, Robert J. Watson, Walter W. Redman, Bruce Hobler and Henry Risley, Appellants in No. 92-7572.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Bartley (argued), Wilmington, DE, for cross-appellant in No. 92-7571 and appellee in No. 92-7572.

Stuart B. Drowos (argued), Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for cross-appellees in No. 92-7571 and appellants in No. 92-7572 Robert J. Watson, Walter W. Redman, Hank Risley and Bruce Hobler.

Before: SCIRICA, COWEN and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Debro Siddiq Abdul-Akbar ("Abdul-Akbar"), charging that the library and the legal resource facilities at the Maximum Security Unit ("MSU") where he was incarcerated were constitutionally inadequate to afford him a right of access to the courts, brought a section 1983 action in his own name only against several officials of the Delaware Department of Corrections. He sought only monetary damages. The district...

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