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ADAMS v. JAMES

No. 85-3294.

784 F.2d 1077 (1986)

Douglas L. ADAMS and Gary M. Piccirillo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Ronnie McKane, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rodrick JAMES, Henry Ziegler, Jr., Don Merritt, J.F. Tompkins, and Louie L. Wainwright, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Seliger, Quincy, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Douglas B. MacInnes, Walter M. Meginniss, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before HATCHETT and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and ALLGOOD, Senior District Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

Does a prison inmate have a constitutional right not to be transferred from a job as law clerk because it deprives other inmates of the law clerk's legal services? Or, stated otherwise, may a "jailhouse lawyer" interpose the interests of other inmates to block an action by prison officials, if it will make the jailhouse lawyer less available to help the other inmates to file grievances or lawsuits? In Bridges v. Russell,

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