POOLE, Circuit Judge:
We consider the constitutional rights of "jailhouse lawyers." Appellee Terry Newell, a prisoner at Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, Alaska, sued prison superintendent Frank Sauser and other prison officials pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Newell alleged that prison officials violated his civil rights by confiscating legal materials from his cell. The district court denied defendants' motion for a summary judgment and
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