Does a prisoner have to allege that he was denied access to the courts?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Acker v. Frigo, 61 F.3d 909 (9th Cir. 1995):
It is well-settled that where a right to access claim does not involve inadequate law libraries or alternative sources of legal knowledge, a prisoner must allege a specific instance in which the prisoner was actually denied access to the courts. See Sands v. Lewis, 886 F.2d 1166, 1171-72 (9th Cir. 1989)
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