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- Title: Collins v. Lane
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Release Date : January 13, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 48 KB
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Fred Collins sued sixteen officials of the Illinois prison system claiming that they violated his constitutional rights to due process of law by transferring him from prison to prison throughout the state (a practice known as the "circuit rider" system) without following the proper procedures. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He also claimed that he was denied meaningful access to the law library and the law clerks at the prisons where he was housed. Collins asked for compensatory and punitive damages from each of the defendants. He also asked for an injunction against further use of the circuit rider system and for practices that would give Illinois prisoners housed in segregation greater access to law books and legal assistance. The district court dismissed the case after finding that Collinss complaint had failed to state a claim on which relief could be granted. He now appeals that dismissal.