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Physical Injury Requirement Doesn't Apply to Court Access Claims

A federal district court in Illinois held that 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e), which conditions prisoners' right to file suit in federal court on the suffering of physical injury, does not apply to court access claims. The court held that it would only apply the "actual injury" test enunciated in Lewis ...

 

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