DEGRATE v. GODWIN

No. 95-30983 Summary Calendar.

84 F.3d 768 (1996)

William Earl DEGRATE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Laymon GODWIN, Sheriff, et al., Defendants, Harold Harris, Sgt., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Earl Degrate, Monroe, LA, pro se.

John F. Weeks, II, Lloyd Frederick Schroeder, II, T. Allen Usry, Usry & Weeks, Metairie, LA, for defendant-appellee.

Before JOLLY, JONES and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

William Earl Degrate appeals the district court's summary judgment dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 prisoner civil rights suit. Finding no deprivation of Degrate's constitutional rights, we affirm.

The primary issue raised by Degrate on appeal is whether his constitutional rights were violated when he was allegedly denied access to a prison law library. Degrate contends that, without adequate access to the law library, he was unable to represent...

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