Stewart M. Mann v. Dallas Smith

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• holding that although plaintiff inmate was denied access to the law library, he was not denied access to courts and stating that the plaintiff inmate “himself proved in an irrefutable manner that he was able to file a legally sufficient complaint: by doing so”
• stating that paper products are generally used to start fires
• finding that a county jail’s policy “ban[ning] newspapers and magazines must be struck down under the first amendment if it represents an ‘exaggerated response’ by jail officials to [a] legitimate need”
• holding pretrial detainee did not have constitutional right to elevated bed
• “inmates had sheets, blankets, pillows and clothing that could be used to interfere with the plumbing.”
• detainee's contention that his cell was too small to allow exercise found meritless

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