JENKINS v. LANE

No. 90-2628.

977 F.2d 266 (1992)

Leroy JENKINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael P. LANE, James A. Chrans, Michelle Clark, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Verticchio, Robin L. Wolkoff (argued), Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Roslyn C. Lieb, Chicago Lawyers' Committee, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Susan Frederick Rhodes, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Leroy Jenkins claims that his prison's library policy prevented adequate access to the courts. The district court dismissed Jenkins' 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit on summary judgment, after finding no evidence that the policy caused injury. For the same reason, we affirm.

I.

Jenkins is an inmate housed in the protective custody unit at the Pontiac Correctional Center (Pontiac). In an effort to separate protective custody inmates from inmates...

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