JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
The question presented is whether a suit based on a state governmental official's purported concealment or "manipulation" of relevant facts in the course of a prior civil suit can form the basis of a subsequent federal suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging a denial of access to court where the plaintiff was aware at the time of the earlier lawsuit of the facts giving rise to his claim. We hold that "backward-looking" access...
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