MILLER v. EVANS

No. 22150.

832 P.2d 786 (1992)

Robert MILLER, Chairman of Nevada Board of Prison Commissioners; Frankie Sue Del Papa, Nevada Attorney General; Ron Angelone, Director of Nevada Department of Prisons; Salvador Godinez, Warden, Ely State Prison; Charles Wolff, Associate Warden of Programs, Ely State Prison; Jerry DeForest, Business Manager, Ely State Prison, and Mary Long, Nevada Department of Prisons Compliance Monitor, Appellants, v. Michael R. EVANS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Atty. Gen., Paul G. Yohey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, for appellants.

Gary D. Fairman, Ely, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Respondent Michael R. Evans, an inmate at Ely State Prison, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Evans' complaint alleged that appellants failed to provide him with meaningful access to the courts by not maintaining a constitutionally adequate law library at Ely State Prison. Both Evans and appellants filed motions for summary judgment.

The district court, relying on Craig v. Hocker,

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