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GERMANY v. VANCE

Nos. 88-1578, 88-1579.

868 F.2d 9 (1989)

Suzanne GERMANY, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Carol VANCE, et al., Defendants, Appellants. Suzanne GERMANY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Carol VANCE, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1989.

As Amended February 24, 1989.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Rosenthal, with whom Bornstein & Rosenthal, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Michelle A. Kaczynski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Bureau, Torts Div., with whom James M. Shannon, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief for defendants, appellants.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

It can be a deprivation "of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, for state officials to deny a person "access to the courts." Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 97 S.Ct. 1491, 52 L.Ed.2d 72 (1977). At issue in this appeal is whether state caseworkers unconstitutionally denied court access to a juvenile offender committed to their care. The...

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