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COOKISH v. CUNNINGHAM

No. 85-1666.

787 F.2d 1 (1986)

Dennis R. COOKISH, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Michael CUNNINGHAM, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Cookish on brief, pro se.

Ronald F. Rodgers, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Stephen E. Merrill, Atty. Gen., Concord, N.H., on brief for defendant, appellee.

Before BOWNES, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Inmate Dennis Cookish filed this action in the district court of New Hampshire, charging that he had been denied proper medical care by state authorities, and had been denied access to a law library. Later, he amended his complaint, and alleged that the law library at the New Hampshire State Prison was constitutionally inadequate. The district court reviewed the complaint, and concluded that it could withstand a motion to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12...

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