United States Second Circuit
BENJAMIN v. FRASER, 00-9093, 00-9095
Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, prison plaintiffs need not show "actual injury" in denial of access-to-the-courts and right-to-counsel claims to obtain prospective relief.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/12/2001
- Decided 09/05/2001
- Published 09/05/2001
Judges
- LEVAL, Circuit Judge:, Before CARDAMONE, LEVAL and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Florence A. Hutner (Leonard Koerner, Elizabeth I. Freedman, June R. Buch, on the brief), for Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- John Boston (Daniel L. Greenberg, Madeline H. deLone, Lisa Freeman, Dale A. Wilker, on the brief), The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY, for Appellees.