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My name is Stevie J. Stevenson. I am a California state prisoner. The title of this is "CDC Finally Gets its Chance at Taking the Lawbooks Away from Prisoners.” In 1966, over 100 inmates filed a civil lawsuit, uh, against CDC for not having lawbooks in the system. The name of the case was called Gilmore vs. Lynch, 319 Fed. Supp at page 105. The outcome of the lawsuit ended with an injunction that allowed inmates in CDC to have law books to learn about the law. Uh, whether it was to help them on a direct appeal, a writ of habeas Corpus, or to fight prison conditions. This injunction was in place for 30 years from 1966 until 1996. In 1996, a case called Lewis vs. Casey 518 U.S. 343 1996 came out. In that case, the United States Supreme court led by Justice Rehnquist, uh, decided that inmates were not allowed, uh, law libraries. In doing so, CDC stopped the order of law books. However, due to the Gilmore injunction, the case, um, that started in 1996, they couldn't take the law books away. Long story short is, i