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JONES v. JAMES

No. 93-1570.

38 F.3d 943 (1994)

Ricky JONES, Appellee, v. Thomas JAMES, Business Manager; Appellant, Joyce Rhodes, Bookkeeper; K.D. Hampton, CO-1, Mail Supervisor, Tucker Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Defendants, Joseph D. Calhoun, III, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Eberhard, Little Rock, AR, argued (Winston Bryan and David B. Eberhard on the brief), for appellant.

Joseph Davidson Calhoun, III, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, MAGILL, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Thomas James appeals the district court's entry of judgment as a matter of law in favor of Ricky Jones, an Arkansas inmate, in Jones's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

Jones alleged that officials at Tucker Maximum Security Unit (Tucker) violated his constitutional right of access to the courts by refusing to post his letters to legal organizations. The matter was tried to a jury.

At trial, Jones...

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