KUNZELMAN v. THOMPSON

Nos. 85-1624, 85-1662.

799 F.2d 1172 (1986)

Frederick L. KUNZELMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Gervase THOMPSON, Richard Giese and Juneau County, Wisconsin, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Jacobson, Borns, Porter, Macaulay & Jacobson, Madison, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Rick J. Mundt, Thurow, Sauthoff & Alexander, Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, BAUER and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff brings this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action claiming that the defendants violated his constitutional right to assist other inmates by prosecuting him for practicing law without a license. The district court entered a judgment notwithstanding the verdict holding that as a matter of law plaintiff had not established lack of access to the courts. For the reasons set out below we affirm.

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