With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". Rights Plaintiffs contend that Defendants have retaliated against them for filing lawsuits regarding conditions at Atascadero State Hospital. Specifically, Plaintiffs claim that, as a result of preparing this suit and other complaints about the conditions at Atascadero, Plaintiffs have been subjected to access-level reductions, harassment by Atascadero personnel, excessive room search and seizures of property, and that they have been denied access to the library. It is clear that the Fourteenth Amendment right to access the courts survives detention. Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 821-22, 97 S.Ct. 1491, 52 L.Ed.2d 72 (1977) (“It is now established beyond doubt that prisoners have a constitutional right of access to the courts.”); Cornett v. Donovan, 51 F.3d 894, 898 (9th Cir.1995) (<HOLDING>). Similarly, punishment in retaliation for

A: holding that right of access to the courts is guaranteed to people institutionalized in a state mental hospital regardless of whether they are civilly committed after criminal proceedings or civilly committed on grounds of dangerousness
B: holding that defendants have a right to counsel in criminal proceedings
C: holding that a criminal defendants right to an impartial jury is guaranteed by article 1 section 9 of the pennsylvania constitution
D: holding that evidence of impaired mental functioning is inherently mitigating and that a defendant is not required to demonstrate a nexus between his mental capacity and the crime committed
A.