Legal Opinion
In Re Peter C. Smith
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 13, 1997No. 96-5327PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
In 1996, Congress passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) as Title VIII of the Omnibus Consolidated Recessions and Appropriations Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (1996). 1 On Novem ber 21, 1996, shortly before his release from prison, petitioner Peter C. Smith lodged with this court a pleading styled as a petition for a writ of prohibition, naming as respondent the United States Department of Justice, but also seeking relief from the United States Parole Commission. In his petition Smith contends…
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