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30 Jan 2017, 6:32 pm
His research focuses on investigating the central issues in modern critical social theory, the obscene excitement in the ‘war on terror’ and the placid pleasures of prison reformers and spectators. [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 4:39 pm by Kenneth Vercammen Esq. Edison
Elder Law will become much more of a litigation practice than a transactional practice. [read post]
8 Jan 2017, 4:05 pm by INFORRM
The “robust” and “fiercely independent” British press has taken no prisoners with a virulent campaign aimed at Leveson and anyone who supports his recommendations on press regulation. [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 3:06 pm by Elizabeth B. Carpenter
In 1996, in response to the overwhelming number of suits filed alleging inhumane prison conditions or staff misconduct, the Clinton Administration passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act. [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 3:06 pm by Elizabeth B. Carpenter
In 1996, in response to the overwhelming number of suits filed alleging inhumane prison conditions or staff misconduct, the Clinton Administration passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act. [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 3:06 pm by Elizabeth B. Carpenter
In 1996, in response to the overwhelming number of suits filed alleging inhumane prison conditions or staff misconduct, the Clinton Administration passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act. [read post]
31 May 2016, 3:24 am by SHG
” The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996, a Clinton-era solution, was enacted to eliminate the frivolous, overly burdensome deluge of prisoner lawsuits. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 4:25 pm by Steve Vladeck
Blake, a case ostensibly presenting the question of whether there is a “special circumstances” exception to the exhaustion requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (PLRA), “the real question for the Court . . . may not be the merits of the question presented, but rather the appropriate means to resolve the actual dispute between the parties. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 7:42 am by Steve Vladeck
But hiding behind a technical dispute over what it means for administrative remedies to be “available” under the exhaustion requirement of Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (PLRA) is a far more interesting dispute between the parties over what the case is actually about – with the added baggage of a state taking a different position in its briefs about its own laws than what case law appears to reveal those laws to provide. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 11:17 am by Kenneth Vercammen Esq. Edison
Elder Law will become much more of a litigation practice than a transactional practice. [read post]
3 Nov 2015, 4:58 pm by Amy Howe
But in 1996, in an effort to curb frequent and frivolous lawsuits by inmates in federal courts, Congress passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act. [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 12:27 pm by Eugene Volokh
While the 1996 Constitution guarantees judicial independence, the judiciary remains under the administrative control of the Ministry of Justice, which of course answers directly to the King. [read post]
23 Jul 2015, 10:55 am by Rory Little
Samuels:  Whether the twenty-percent-of-income “cap” in the Prison Litigation Reform Act (28 U.S.C. [read post]
18 May 2015, 1:45 pm by Steve Vladeck
As we summarized in our argument preview, the issue before the Court arises from the language of the so-called “three strikes” provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996, 28 U.S.C. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 1:57 pm by Steve Vladeck
Tollefson, it was quite clear that the Justices were unpersuaded that the so-called “three strikes” provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (PLRA) – which bars prisoners from filing fourth or successive civil suits absent exigent circumstances unless they can afford the hefty federal filing fee – is clear about whether a prior dismissal of a prisoner’s suit counts as a strike even while that… [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 10:06 am by Steve Vladeck
Tollefson, it will confront yet another in a long line of complicated procedural questions created by the “three strikes” provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (PLRA).That provision generally precludes courts from conferring in forma pauperis status upon prisoner-plaintiffs “if the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a… [read post]