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Shaw v. Murphy, No. 99-1613 (U.S. Supreme Court) (532 U.S. 223; 121 S.Ct. 1475) (April 18, 2001) (Justice Thomas)

In this case, the Court held that prison inmates do not have any freestanding constitutional right to assist other inmates in filing legal claims. Starting from the premise that “it is indisputable that inmate law clerks are sometimes a menace to prison discipline,” Justice Thomas, writing for a unanimous court, ...

 

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