Legal Opinion
Harris v. Garner
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 27, 2000No. 98-8899PublishedCited by 376 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
In an effort to stem the flood of prisoner lawsuits in federal court, Congress enacted the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (1996) (“PLRA”). One of the provisions of the PLRA states that:
No Federal civil action may be brought by a prisoner confined in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility, for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody without a prior showing of physical injury.
42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e). We granted rehearing en banc in this case to decide whether the provision applies to lawsuits that are filed while…
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