TYLER v. WOODSON

No. 79-1023.

597 F.2d 643 (1979)

Melvin Leroy TYLER, Appellant, v. Claude WOODSON, Chief of Social Workers and St. Louis County, a Subdivision, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Leroy Tyler, pro se.

Eugene K. Buckley, Evans & Dixon, St. Louis, Mo., Thomas W. Wehrle, County Counselor and Donald J. Weyerich, Sp. Asst. County Counselor, Clayton, Mo., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, STEPHENSON and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Melvin Leroy Tyler filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that defendants confiscated certain of Tyler's "legal papers" thereby infringing his constitutional right of access to the courts. The District Court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim for relief and Tyler timely appealed. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

Defendants are Claude Woodson, allegedly the Chief Social Worker at the St. Louis...

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