What are the elements of a prisoner's First Amendment right to access the courts?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mason v. Martinez, No. 2:14-cv-1041 MCE AC P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
The third element includes prisoners' First Amendment right to access to the courts. Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 346 (1996). While prisoners have no freestanding right to a prison
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