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    This document is a court opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding a case brought by Erwin Donnell Bullock against prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming denial of access to the courts. A jury found in favor of the defendants. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the jury verdict, finding no merit to Bullock's appeal after reviewing the evidence and jury instructions. The court noted that prisoners have a guaranteed right to reasonable access to both state and federal courts, but that the inquiry of federal courts into prison management is limited to whether a particular system violates constitutional standards.

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    Filed: 1992-05-28 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Citations: 963 F.2d 367 Docket: 91-6551

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    Erwin Donnell Bullock v. Edward Morris, Deputy Director, Adult Services James A. Smith, Jr., Regional Administrator Samuel Batts, Facility Director Clarence Jackson, Chairman, Virginia Parole Board, 963 F.2d 367, 4th Cir. (1992)

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    This document is a court opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding a case brought by Erwin Donnell Bullock against prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming denial of access to the courts. A jury found in favor of the defendants. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the jury verdict, finding no merit to Bullock's appeal after reviewing the evidence and jury instructions. The court noted that prisoners have a guaranteed right to reasonable access to both state and federal courts, but that the inquiry of federal courts into prison management is limited to whether a particular system violates constitutional standards.

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    963 F.

    2d 367

    NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of


    unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing
    res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires
    service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth
    Circuit.
    Erwin Donnell BULLOCK, Plaintiff-Appellant,
    v.
    Edward MORRIS, Deputy Director, Adult Services; James A.
    Smith, Jr., Regional Administrator; Samuel Batts,
    Facility Director; Clarence Jackson,
    Chairman, Virginia Parole
    Board, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 91-6551.

    United States Court of Appeals,


    Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: February 5, 1992
    Decided: May 28, 1992

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
    Virginia, at Richmond. Richard L. Williams, District Judge. (CA-90-138R)
    Erwin Donnell Bullock, Appellant Pro Se.
    Robert Harkness Herring, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Richmond,
    Virginia, for Appellees.
    E.D.Va.
    AFFIRMED.
    Before SPROUSE and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER,
    Senior Circuit Judge.
    OPINION

    PER CURIAM:

    Erwin Donnell Bullock appeals the jury's verdict in favor of the Defendants in
    his 42 U.S.C. 1983 (1988) action, claiming denial of access to the courts. Our
    review of the evidence presented and the district court's instructions to the jury
    reveal that this appeal is without merit. See Ex parte Hull, 312 U.S. 546 (1941)
    (reasonable access by prisoners to both state and federal courts is guaranteed
    right); Hudspeth v. Figgins, 584 F.2d 1345 (4th Cir. 1978) (retaliation against
    prisoner for exercise of post-conviction rights states claim), cert. denied, 441
    U.S. 913 (1979); Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520 (1979) (inquiry of federal
    courts into prison management is limited to whether particular system violates
    any constitutional prison).

    Accordingly, we affirm the jury verdict for the Defendants. We dispense with
    oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented
    in the materials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional
    process.
    AFFIRMED

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