959 F.2d at 544. 123 . See Pierce v. Smith, 117 F.3d 866, 871 n. 5 (5th Cir.1997). 124 . Anderson v. Creighto 10-13 & 316 (5th Cir. 1997), cert. pending. 145 . See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. at----, 116 S.Ct. at 2179-82; Eason v. Thaler, 73 F.3d at 1328; Walker v. Navarro County Jail, 4 F.3d 410, . 413 (5th Cir.1993); Henthorn v. Swinson, 955 F.2d 351, 354 (5th Cir.1992), cert. denied, 504 U.S. 988, 112 S.Ct. 2974, 119 L.Ed.2d 593 (1992); and Richardson v. McDonnell, 841 F.2d 120, 122 (5th Cir.1988). 146 . See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. at---, 116 S.Ct. at 2179-82; Eason v. Thaler, Th F.3d at 1328; Walker v. Navarro County Jail, 4 F.3d at 413; Henthom v. Swinson, 955 F.2d at 354; and Richardson v. McDonnell, 841 F.2d at 122. 147 . See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. at---•, 116 S.Ct. at 2179-82, (<HOLDING>); Johnson v. Rodriguez, 110 F.3d 299, 310-11
recognizing right of prisoners to seek relief under 42 usc  1983 for denial of access to the courts holding habeas petition challenging denial of custody credits is not related to the conditions of  confinement and was properly brought in the district of conviction holding that a prisoners right of access to the courts encompasses only a reasonably adequate opportunity to file nonfrivolous legal claims challenging his conviction or conditions of confinement recognizing a liberty interest in reasonably safe conditions of confinement holding that mentally retarded individuals who are involuntarily committed to a state institution have a constitutional right to reasonably safe conditions of confinement under the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment because pjersons who have been involuntarily committed are entitled to more considerate treatment and conditions of confinement than criminals whose conditions of confinement are designed to punish