95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7156, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12,365 Terry F. Newell v. Frank Sauser Lou Easter Sharon Starr, Sgt. Disciplinary Committee Chairperson Tom Reimer, Sgt. Robert Hartzler, Officer of the Spring Creek Correctional Center in Their Individual and Official Capacities
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64 F.3d 1416 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7156 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12,365 Terry F. NEWELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frank SAUSER; Lou Easter; Sharon Starr, Sgt.; Disciplinary Committee Chairperson; Tom Reimer, Sgt.; Robert Hartzler, Officer of the Spring Creek Correctional Center; in their individual and official capacities, Defendants-Appellants. No. 94-35243. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 12, 1995. Decided Sept. 11, 1995. John K. Bodick, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, AK, for defendants-appellants. Susan Orlansky, Young, Sanders & Feldman, Anchorage, AK, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before: WRIGHT, POOLE, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. POOLE, Circuit Judge: 1 We consider the constitutional rights of "jailhouse lawyers." Appellee Terry Newell, a prisoner at Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, Alaska, sued prison superintendent Frank Sauser and other prison officials pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 . Newell alleged that prison officials violated his civil rights by confiscating legal materials from his cell. The district court denied defendants' motion…