GAINES v. MAYNARD

Nos. 67752, w/67798.

808 P.2d 672 (1991)

Stephen Joseph GAINES and Martin Earl Hedgpath, Appellants, v. Gary MAYNARD, Warden, All his Agents, Servants, Representatives and Employees, Including All Guards and other Personnel and all their successors in Office, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Earl Hedgpath, Lexington, pro se and for appellant.

Robert H. Henry, Atty. Gen. and Sue Wycoff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellees.


SUMMERS, Justice.

Plaintiffs are American Indian prisoners seeking a writ of mandamus against their Warden. Boiled down, their suit is for the appointment of legal counsel based on an alleged denial of access to the courts. The District Court of Pittsburg County dismissed the case five days after it was filed. On certiorari to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed, our sole question is whether the trial court's dismissal was...

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