Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 7, 1995, No. 92-35255 (Cornett v. Donovan)

TANG, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is a review of a declaratory judgment in which the district court concluded that the constitutional right of access to the courts requires a state to provide legal assistance only through the pleading stage of a habeas corpus or civil rights action. The issue on appeal is whether the constitutional .