Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Farcass
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 1997No. 96-3026PublishedCited by 1,136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1485HATCHETT, Chief Judge:
In this prisoner civil rights action, we consider challenges to provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA” or “the Act”), Title VIII of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (Apr. 26,1996). We hold that: (1) the provisions of the PLRA codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) apply to eases pending prior to the Act’s passage; (2) the filing fee requirements of the PLRA do not violate the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection; (3) to the extent the PLRA’s filing fee requirements conflict…
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