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Paralegal Ban Denies Effective Assistance of Counsel

The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that a New York prison policy denying a segregation unit/death row prisoner the ability to see paralegals employed by his attorney denied him effective assistance of counsel. The court denied prison officials qualified immunity for the violation and ordered a nominal ...

 

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