Rushing v. Simpson et al

Filing 19

ORDER. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants must, within 15 days of thisOrder, respond to plaintiff's request for an order requiring MSOTC to provide him with internet access. Defendants must provide an affidavit describing, in detail, the legal materials available to detainees at MSOTC. Response to Court due by 2/18/2009. Signed by Honorable Catherine D. Perry on 2/2/09. (RJD)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION JOSEPH RUSHING, Plaintiff, vs. NANCY SIMPSON, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Case No. 4:08CV1338 CDP

ORDER Plaintiff Joseph Rushing is a detainee at the Missouri Sexual Offender Treatment Center (MSOTC). He has requested that I order MSOTC to allow him access to the internet and to his personal email account so that he may conduct legal research for this case. To support his request, Rushing alleges that MSOTC does not have a law library where he can find the information he needs to support his case. Because I do not know what resources are available to Rushing at MSOTC, I will order defendants to respond to plaintiff's request for internet access. Defendants should submit, along with their response, an affidavit describing in detail the legal materials available to detainees at MSOTC. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants must, within 15 days of this Order, respond to plaintiff's request for an order requiring MSOTC to provide him

with internet access. Defendants must provide an affidavit describing, in detail, the legal materials available to detainees at MSOTC.

_______________________________ CATHERINE D. PERRY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Dated this 2nd day of February, 2009.

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