The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to conduct merits review of prison administrative decisions, including decisions about prisoner access to materials. A prisoner seeking to challenge such decisions must bring a properly-constituted judicial review application, and even then mandamus will not lie where there is no enforceable duty. Prisoners' rights in litigation are the same as, but not greater than, those of any other plaintiff.
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