United States Ninth Circuit

The arbitrary denial by prison officials of access to materials the prison routinely made available to inmates for the preparation of legal documents constitutes a denial of an inmate's right of access to the courts where it results in the loss of a legal claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/13/2007
• Published 02/13/2007

Judges

• O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:, Before: D.W. NELSON, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John R. Kroger, Attorney General, Jerome Lidz, Solicitor General, and Rolf C. Moan, Supreme Court Coordinator, Salem, OR, filed the post-Supreme Court remand brief for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frank Marvin Phillips, pro se, Salem, OR, filed the brief for the appellee.