Legal Opinion
Fourstar v. Garden City Group, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 28, 2017No. 15-5049PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge:
In 1996, Congress passed and President Clinton signed the Prison Litigation Reform Act, known as the PLRA. The Act sought to stem the tide of frivolous litigation filed in federal court by some federal and state prisoners.
Under the Act, a dismissal of a prisoner’s lawsuit for failure to state a claim, or as frivolous or malicious, is commonly referred to as a strike. With some limited exceptions, the Act’s basic rule is this: Three strikes and the prisoner is out of court. Specifically, a prisoner who has previously filed three lawsuits that were dismissed for failure…
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- Turley v. GaetzCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
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