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KELSEY v. STATE OF MINN.

No. 78-1797.

622 F.2d 956 (1980)

Dwight KELSEY, on his own behalf and behalf of others similarly situated, Appellant, v. STATE OF MINNESOTA, Kenneth Schoen, Commissioner of Corrections, Bruce McManus, as Warden of Stillwater State Prison, and their employees and agents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Lundquist, Delaney & Thompson, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

Gary Hansen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., for appellee; Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., on the brief.

Before ROSS and HENLEY, Circuit Judges, and PORTER, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Dwight W. Kelsey appeals from the district court's1 granting of a summary judgment in favor of the defendants, the state of Minnesota and officials and employees of its Department of Corrections. Kelsey has brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arguing that the defendants have deprived him of the fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts by maintaining an inadequate prison law library and by providing...

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