NOWLIN v. SCURR

No. 67544.

331 N.W.2d 394 (1983)

George J. NOWLIN, Kent R. Benadum, Appellants, v. Iowa State Penitentiary Warden, David J. SCURR, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Nowlin and Kent R. Benadum, pro se.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Bruce C. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McCORMICK, and CARTER, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs Nowlin and Benadum appeal from district court's decree providing them only partial relief in their mandamus action that alleged they were being deprived of access to the courts. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Plaintiffs' pro se petition, filed November 21, 1980, alleged they were confined in "Maximum security setting administrative segregation" at Iowa State...

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