Does a prisoner have an obligation to prepare and file meaningful legal papers in prison?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dicks V. Chow, 07-3477-pr (2nd Cir. 2010):
Prisoners have a "fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts," in light of which "prison authorities [have an obligation] to assist inmates in the preparation and filing of meaningful legal papers." Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 828 (1977). In order to establish a violation of this right, an inmate must demonstrate that he was "hindered [in] his efforts to
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