Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit February 28, 1983, 81-2045 (Allen L. Lamar, Cross-Appellant v. L.A. Steele, Cross-Appellee)

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Allen L. Lamar, a prisoner in the Ellis Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) from 1968 to 1979

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invoked 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in a suit against Len Arthur Steele, a building major at the Ellis Unit, claiming that Steele denied him access to the courts. A jury, functioning under the guidance of a federal magistrate, returned a verdict on special interrogatories.