Legal Opinion
James R. Kincade v. Emmit L. Sparkman, Warden Commonwealth of Kentucky, Anthony L. Hereford v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 26, 1997No. 96-5842, 96-5872PublishedCited by 445 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Judge.
By order dated January 16,1997, this Court consolidated these cases for the limited purpose of determining whether the filing fee provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Pub.L. No. 104-134, §§ 801-10, 110 Stat. 1321 apply to habeas corpus petitions filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and to motions to vacate a sentence filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Upon careful review of the text and history of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, we conclude that the term “civil action” set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915 does not include habeas corpus actions or…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Darryl McGore v. Gene L. Wrigglesworth, Chief Sheriff Richard Chinelli, Administrator Ingham County Sheriff's DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- Dorothy Floyd v. United States Postal Service, Donald Harants, PostmasterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- Edwardo Reyes v. John P. Keane, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Marcus Lozada and Jose Orlando Mieles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Martin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by445 opinions
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- Bui v. DiPaoloCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Kenneth Karl KimlerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Mitchell, Dennis L.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2000
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