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WILLIAMS v. LEEKE

Nos. 75-1936, 77-1085, 77-1550 and 76-1770.

584 F.2d 1336 (1978)

Robert WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. William D. LEEKE, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, Individually and in his official capacity, K. D. McKellar, Warden, Maximum Detention Retraining Center, J. D. Manship, Chief Correctional Supervisor, and J. R. Martin, Warden, Central Correctional Institution, Appellees. George Golden BROWN, Appellant, v. Andrew J. WINSTON, Richmond City Sergeant, Jack Davis, Department of Corrections, Captain Deal, Medical Officer, Richmond City Jail, Lt. Allen, Medical Officer, Richmond City Jail, Lt. Adkins, Officer, Richmond City Jail, Lt. McWilliams, Officer, Richmond City Jail, Lt. Cowens, Officer, Richmond City Jail, Deputy Sergeant Boatwright, Officer, Richmond City Jail, Deputy Sergeant Taylor, Officer, Richmond City Jail, Deputy Sergeant Funds, Officer, Richmond City Jail, Appellees. Gary Lee ARMSTRONG, Appellant, v. R. F. ZAHRADNICK, Warden, Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellee. Earl Jerome HUGHES, Appellant, v. R. M. MUNCY, Superintendent, and M. Lewis, Lieutenant, Penal Officer, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Rigsby, Richmond, Va. (Goddin, Major, Schubert & Hyman, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellants in 75-1936, 77-1085, 77-1550 and 76-1770.

Patrick A. O'Hare, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees in 77-1550 and 76-1770.

Stacy F. Garrett, III, Deputy Commonwealth Atty., Richmond, Va. (Burnett Miller, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees in 77-1085.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen. of South Carolina, Emmett H. Clair, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen. and Kenneth W. Moore, Staff Atty., Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellees in 75-1936.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and HALL, Circuit Judges.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

These consolidated cases from Virginia and South Carolina involve claims that prisoners were denied adequate access to legal materials by the states, and hence the right of access to the courts guaranteed them by Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 97 S.Ct. 1491, 52 L.Ed.2d 72 (1977). In all four cases the complaints were dismissed. In the cases of Williams, Hughes and Armstrong, we affirm the dismissal of...

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