Willie Ray McDonald v. J. Steward, Library Supervisor, Michael Unit Director Tdcj-Id

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• holding that a retaliation claim requires a plaintiff to show “the defendant's intent to retaliate against the prisoner for his or her exercise of that right”
• holding in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit that “[ljimitations may be placed on library access so long as the regulations are ‘reasonably related to legitimate penological interests.’ ”
• to prevail on an access-to-courts claim, the 12 prisoner must show “that his position as a litigant was prejudiced by his denial of access to the courts”
• “[B]efore a prisoner may prevail on a claim that his constitutional right of access to the courts was violated, he must demonstrate that his position as a litigant was prejudiced by his denial of access to the courts.” (quotation marks omitted)
• “[B]efore a prisoner may prevail on a claim that his constitutional right of access to the courts was violated, he must demonstrate that his position as a litigant was prejudiced by his denial of access to the courts.” (quotation marks omitted)
• “[B]efore a prisoner may prevail on a claim that his constitutional right of access to the courts was violated, he must demonstrate that his position as a litigant was prejudiced by his denial of access to the courts.” (quotation marks omitted)

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