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WILLIAMS v. HIGGINS

No. 67066.

336 N.W.2d 195 (1983)

Robert A. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Charles David HIGGINS, et al., and David Scurr, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis C. Hoyt, Jr., Appellate Defender, and Douglas F. Staskal and Faith O'Reilly, Asst. Appellate Defenders, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Gordon E. Allen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Patricia Mullen Hulting and Layne M. Lindebak, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellees.

Considered by UHLENHOPP, P.J., and HARRIS, McGIVERIN, LARSON, and WOLLE, JJ.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves an aspect of prison inmates' constitutional right of access to the courts. See Johnson v. Avery, 393 U.S. 483, 89 S.Ct. 747, 21 L.Ed.2d 718 (1969). Cf. Nowlin v. Scurr, 331 N.W.2d 394 (Iowa 1983) (legal facilities).

Appellant is a self-taught and self-styled "jail house lawyer" in the penitentiary. He has provided a variety of legal services...

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