Bourdon v. Loughren.U.S. Appeals Court LAW LIBRARY ACCESS TO ATTORNEY APPOINTED ATTORNEY Bourdon bour·don n. 1. The drone pipe of a bagpipe. 2. The bass string, as of a violin. 3. An organ stop, commonly of the 16-foot pipes, medium in scale but with dark timbre. v. Loughren, 386 F.3d 88 (2nd Cir. 2004). A pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. detainee de·tain·ee n. A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee. Noun 1. detainee - some held in custody political detainee in a county jail who sought replacement of his court-appointed attorney, brought a [section] 1983 due process and equal protection action against county officials. The detainee alleged denial of access to courts because he was denied access to law library materials. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, and the detainee appealed. The appeals court affirmed af·firm v. af·firmed, af·firm·ing, af·firms v.tr. 1. To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true. 2. To support or uphold the validity of; confirm. v.intr. , finding that the detainee was not denied access to the courts when he was allegedly denied materials from the jail law library, because the detainee had unrestricted access to an attorney. The court noted that there was no evidence of denial or restriction of the detainee's access to his attorney, and that he never requested the same law library reference materials from his attorney. (Chenango County Jail, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) |
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