Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Singletary
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 18, 1997No. 96-2697PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Chief Judge:
In this order, we hold that the filing fee requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), Title VIII of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (Apr. 26, 1996), do not apply to habeas corpus proceedings.
I. BACKGROUND
In August 1992, movant Bruce Anderson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, challenging three 1987 state convictions. In May 1996, the district court denied Anderson’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by67 opinions
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