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WALTERS v. EDGAR

No. 82 C 1920.

900 F.Supp. 197 (1995)

Terrell WALTERS and Joseph Ganci, and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Governor James EDGAR, Odie Washington, Keith Cooper, Dwayne A. Clark, Sergio Molina, Glenn Johnson, Thomas Page, Richard Gramley, George de Tella, and Peter E. McElhinney, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

August 28, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Chapman, James P. Chapman & Assoc., Chicago, IL, Alan Mills, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs.

Wallace Cyril Solberg, Ill. Atty. Gen. Office, Chicago, IL, Carol L. O'Brien, Ill. Dept. Corrections, Chicago, IL, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

BUCKLO, District Judge.

In Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 97 S.Ct. 1491, 52 L.Ed.2d 72 (1977), the Supreme Court reiterated that prisoners "beyond doubt . . . have a constitutional right of access to the courts." Id. at 821, 97 S.Ct. at 1494. The Court in Bounds held that prisons must provide inmates with adequate law libraries or "adequate...

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