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VANDELFT v. MOSES

No. 92-36566.

31 F.3d 794 (1994)

William VANDELFT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carol Lee MOSES, individually and in her capacity as Associate Superintendent of Inmate Services at the Clallam Bay Correction Center; Jesse Crutchfield, individually and in his capacity as Correctional Unit Supervisor at the Clallam Bay Correction Center, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1994.

As Amended October 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Vandelft, pro se.

Douglas W. Carr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, WA, for defendants-appellees.

Before: WRIGHT, CANBY, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge T.G. NELSON; Dissent by Judge CANBY.

T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

In this appeal by Washington state prisoner William Vandelft, we are asked to decide whether a prisoner alleging denial of access to adequate library facilities must show actual injury to court access as a part of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against prison officials. We hold that he must show injury, and affirm the grant of summary judgment in favor...

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