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· 11/1/2004

Mejia v. Hendricks

Citations

  • 543 U.S. 962

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • setting forth the elements of an access-to-courts claim and the actual injury requirement
  • access-to-courts claim requires showing that the defendant’s conduct caused actual injury to a non-frivolous legal claim
  • prison officials must provide an inmate the tools to challenge his sentence or conditions of confinement, but the loss of any other litigating capacity is constitutional

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