William N. Gaglie v. Alfred Ulibarri, Camp Administrator and United States of America, Real Party in Interest

William N. Gaglie petitioned the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona for a writ of Habeas Corpus or, in the alternative, for declaratory and injunc-tive relief that would direct the Administrator of the Federal Prison Camp at Safford, Arizona, where petitioner was confined, to supply him and all indigents in his custody, with an adequate law library to exercise their fifth .’amendment right to effective access to the courts, as required by Gilmore v. Lynch, 319 F.Supp. 105 (N.D.Cal.1970), aff’d sub nom., Younger v. Gilmore, 404 U.S. 15 , 92 S.Ct. 250 , 30 L.Ed.2d 142 (1971).

The Government contends that the Bureau of Prisons Policy Statement 2001.2B issued May 8, 1972, granting all issues of U.S. Supreme Court Reports, Federal Reporter Second and Federal Supplement from May 1972 to the present, in addition to the books already at the Safford Prison Camp, is sufficient, particularly when considered with the other means available to gain access to the courts. It is noted by the Government that a program was initiated in September of 1972 between the Bureau of Prisons and the College of Law at the University of Arizona in which law students provide legal…