Legal Opinion
United States v. Ralph Cole
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1996No. 96-40567PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. DUHÉ, Jr., Circuit Judge:
Appellant" Ralph Cole appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. Cole moved to proceed in forma pauperis with this Court. Before reaching the merits of Cole’s motion, we must determine the preliminary question whether the amended provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“the Act”) apply to petitions for § 2255 habeas corpus relief.
Congress enacted the Act as Title VIII of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321…
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