Ninth Circuit -- NDOC V. RUSSELL COHEN

NDOC V. RUSSELL COHEN

 Ban on inmates possessing typewriters upheld.

1 - Not unduly retaliatory, as it was enacted after a murder using one.
2 - No violation of access to the courts, as although the Nevada Supreme Court requires typewritten briefs, inmates' injury is speculative, as no appeals are in the record.
3 - No 14th Amendment violation as it is a rule of general application
4 - No error in cutting short discovery.