POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the grant of a preliminary injunction in favor of inmates at the state prison in Pontiac, Illinois. The issue is the right of prisoners to copy documents for use in litigation.
In September 1979 LaCarttle Jones filed a pro se suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the conditions of his imprisonment constituted cruel and unusual punishment. In October the defendants moved that Jones be ordered "to furnish...
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