# Walker v. Mintzes

> Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · August 22, 1985 · 771 F.2d 920

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8934292

## Case

- **Full name:** Roderick D. WALKER, Amin Habeeb Ullah, a/k/a Franklin Neal, Romando Valerosi, Floyd W. Zeros, Ronald E. Thelen, Marvin Mayberry, Donald Sullivan, Dennis Spaulding, John T. Crown, Jerry Gonyea, David Lytal, Lewis Robinson, Timothy Spytma, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. Barry MINTZES, Perry Johnson, Dale Foltz, Theodore Koehler, individually and in their official capacities
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- **Decided:** August 22, 1985
- **Citations:** 771 F.2d 920
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Kinneary
- **Judges:** Kinneary, Milburn, Wellford
- **Cited by:** 446 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that restricted library access does not necessarily amount to a denial of access to courts, and that prison regulations reasonably limiting the times, places and manner in which inmates may engage in legal research and preparation of legal papers are permissible as lon…
- holding that restricted library access does not necessarily amount to denial of access to courts, and that prison regulations reasonably limiting times, places, and manner in which inmates may engage in legal research and preparation of legal papers are permissible as long as …
- holding that segregated inmates are entitled to at least one shower per week
- stating that the Constitution does not mandate “any specific amount of library time which prisoners must be provided; rather, access need only be reasonable and adequate”
- holding that, to state a claim under section 1983, a prisoner must allege that he was actually denied adequate access to the courts, not to the prison law library

## Opinion text

KINNEARY, District Judge,
concurring.
I join Parts I through III of the Court’s Opinion, but concur in the result reached in Part IV without joining its reasoning. In my opinion, the reliance upon Pennhurst State School & Hospital v. Halderman, supra is unnecessary. The district court should be affirmed on the basis of Hewitt v. Helms, supra which is controlling.

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