Porter v. South Carolina

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that no \actual injury\ would result where prisoner submitted document \later than he would have liked but prior to the date it was due\
• reading Ryland v. Shapiro, 708 F.2d 967, (5th Cir.1983) as requiring a showing of prejudice
• affirming dismissal where it was absolutely clear that amendment of complaint could not cure deficiencies
• addressing this exact issue of whether confiscation of memory typewriters violates an inmate = s first amendment rights
• “Only if an actual injury is alleged does a plaintiff 12 state a claim for which relief can be granted.”
• confiscation of carbon paper and typewriter did not constitute actual injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).