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PINK v. LESTER

No. 93-6227.

52 F.3d 73 (1995)

Warren Phillips PINK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. L.T. LESTER; P.J. Gurney, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ellen Ross Finn, Appellate Litigation Clinical Program, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for appellant. Susan Campbell Alexander, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Richmond, VA, for appellees. ON BRIEF: Steven H. Goldblatt, John J. Hoeffner, Supervising Attorney, Srinivas M. Raju, Student Counsel, and Astrid H. Wynter, Student Counsel, Appellate Litigation Clinical Program, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Senior Judge SPROUSE joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether prisoners have a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for negligent interference by prison officials with their right of access to the courts. We hold that under Daniels v. Williams, 474 U.S. 327, 106 S.Ct....

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