context: The district court properly dismissed the action because Torres had access to court-appointed counsel.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 690 F.2d 1267, 1271-72
citation_a.parenthetical: the offer of court-appointed counsel satisfies the Fifth Amendment obligation to provide meaningful access to the courts, even where detainee is denied pretrial access to a law library
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Wilson, 690 F.2d 1267, 1271-72 (9th Cir.1982) (the offer of court-appointed counsel satisfies the Fifth Amendment obligation to provide meaningful access to the courts, even where detainee is denied pretrial access to a law library); see also Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 350-51, 116 S.Ct. 2174, 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996) (prisoners have no per se right to a law library).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: prisoners have no per se right to a law library
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Wilson, 690 F.2d 1267, 1271-72 (9th Cir.1982) (the offer of court-appointed counsel satisfies the Fifth Amendment obligation to provide meaningful access to the courts, even where detainee is denied pretrial access to a law library); see also Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 350-51, 116 S.Ct. 2174, 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996) (prisoners have no per se right to a law library).