Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Allin
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 23, 1998No. 97-2868PublishedCited by 361 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Chief Judge:
In this appeal, we uphold as constitutional the “three strikes” in forma pauperis provision of 28 U.S.C.A § 1915(g) (West Supp. 1998), section 804(d) 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, 1374-75 (April 26, 1996).
I. BACKGROUND
On May 9, 1997, appellant Vincent Rivera, a Florida prisoner, filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Proceeding without counsel,…
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