Does a prisoner have a constitutional right to petition the government for redress of their grievances?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Garcia v. Smith, Civil No. 10cvll87BEN(RBB) (S.D. Cal. 2011):
Prisoners do "have a constitutional right to petition the government for redress of their grievances, which includes a reasonable right of access to the courts." O 'Keefe v. Van Boening, 82 F.3d 322, 325 (9th Cir. 1996); accord Bradley v. Hall, 64 F.3d 1276, 1279 (9th Cir. 1995).
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