MARTIN v. PHELPS

No. 12954.

380 So.2d 164 (1979)

Oliver MARTIN, Jr. v. C. Paul PHELPS et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver Martin, Jr., in pro. per.

Marvin H. Bruce, Louisiana Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, of counsel, for defendants-appellees C. Paul Phelps, et al.

Before COVINGTON, LOTTINGER and COLE, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

This is a suit by Oliver Martin, an inmate at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, challenging the constitutionality of the prison's system of furnishing legal assistance to inmates. Martin appeals from an adverse judgment by the trial court.

The facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff is housed at Camp D, one of the new outcamps at Angola located a few miles from the main prison complex. For security and other reasons, Camp D inmates are...

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