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PARA-PROFESS. LAW CLINIC, SCI-GRATERFORD v. BEARD

No. 02-2788.

334 F.3d 301 (2003)

THE PARA-PROFESSIONAL LAW CLINIC AT SCI-GRATERFORD; H. Williams, AF-2935; Walter Dobson, AF-4135; D. Greene, AF-5712; M. Twiggs, AF-6967; C. Diggs, AK-7945; R. Williams, AM-1008; C. Boyd, AM-9051; C. Johnson, AP-2785; W. Finnigan, AS-0826; A. Phillips, AS-1767; K. Mines, AY-5941; J. Pace, AY-6445; R. Walker, AY-8060; R. Ortiz, BL-0305; C. Bassett, BV-2576; J. Anderson, BW-7671; T. Henderson, CP-0814; W. Durham, DB-6750; T. Mott, DE-1624; J. Figueroa, DZ-5832; Zebbie Clifton, AF-5043; Bebley Wells, AM-0253 v. Jeffrey A. BEARD, Secretary of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Donald T. Vaughn, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford (Sci-Graterford); Manuel A. Arroyo, Deputy Superintendent for Centralized Services at Sci-Graterford The Para-Professional Law Clinic at Sci-Graterford; H. Williams, AF-2935; Walter Dobson, AF-4135; D. Greene, AF-5712; M. Twiggs, AF-6967; C. Diggs, AK-7945; R. Williams, AM-1008; C. Boyd, AM-9051; C. Johnson, AP-2785; W. Finnigan, AS-0826; A. Phillips, AS-1767; K. Mines, AY-5941; J. Pace, AY-6445; R. Walker, AY-8060; R. Ortiz, BL-0305; C. Bassett, BV-2576; J. Anderson, BW-7671; T. Henderson, CP-0814; W. Durham, DB-6750; T. Mott, DE-1624; J. Figueroa, DZ-5832; Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

July 1, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angus R. Love, (Argued), Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, Philadelphia, for Appellants.

John O.J. Shellenberger, III, (Argued), Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, for Appellees.

Before BECKER, BARRY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BARRY, Circuit Judge.

At issue in this appeal is whether a permanent injunction, currently in effect and requiring that the Para-Professional Law Clinic ("Clinic") at the State Correctional Institute at Graterford, Pennsylvania ("Graterford") remain open, is necessary to correct "current and ongoing" violations of the inmates' constitutional right of access to the courts. The plaintiffs — the Clinic and 22 inmates all but one...

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