Warren v. Easter

I «CARTER, C.J.

This matter comes before this court on a writ of certiorari granted to consider whether the automatic stay provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), LSA-R.S. 15:1186 B(2), violates plaintiffs constitutional rights. For the reasons expressed, we deny the application for supervisory writs.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff, Ronald Warren, an inmate in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC), filed the instant suit in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in February 2001, as a petition for judicial review of a proceeding…