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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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United States District Court

Eastern District of California 

Walter Maurice Savage,

Petitioner, No. Civ. S 04-1079 MCE PAN P

vs. Order

State of California, et al.,

Respondents.

-oOoRespondent moved June 17, 2005, to dismiss the petition as

time-barred and plaintiff has not opposed. 

August 22, 2005, petitioner requested an order granting

access to the law library or legal assistance. Prisoners have a

federal constitutional right of access to the courts to attack

their sentences, directly or collaterally, and to challenge the

conditions of their confinement. Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343

(1996). However, Lewis v. Casey does not guarantee access to a 

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prison law library or legal assistance to oppose a motion to

dismiss a petition for habeas corpus. 

Petitioner’s August 22, 2005, request for access to the law

library or legal assistance is denied. 

The court grants petitioner a final extension to oppose the

motion to dismiss. He may file and serve an opposition on or

before November 30, 2005. 

So ordered.

Dated: November 17, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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