Legal Opinion
Davis v. Fechtel
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1998No. 97-10818PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Samuel John Major Davis, Jr., a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. section 2241 habeas petition as an abuse of the writ. 1 This case is now before us on a motion for leave to proceed inform, a pauperis. We write principally to decide an issue not yet addressed in this circuit, whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act (hereinafter PLRA) 2 applies to section 2241 habeas petitions. Concluding that Congress did not intend for the term “civil action” to include section 2241 habeas proceedings, we find that the PLRA does not apply.…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- O'NEAL v. McAninchSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Marcus Allan McIntosh v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
- Smith v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- David Newlin v. David W. Helman, Jesse E. Robinson v. B. Smith, James C. Griffin v. William R. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by78 opinions
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- Carlos Pelaez-Edison Carmona v. United States Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Kulvir Singh Barapind v. Janet Reno, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
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- Skinner v. WileyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
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