Legal Opinion
Hall v. Cain
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 12, 2000No. 99-30628PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
Mark D. Hall seeks a certificate of ap-pealability (COA) to appeal the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. Though we believe the district court erred in dismissing his petition as untimely, we DENY COA because Hall has failed to prove that jurists of reason could find that he has proved the substantial denial of a constitutional right. However, because the district court erroneously imposed a filing fee under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), we REMAND with instructions to VACATE the PLRA order and return Hall’s funds.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Fisher v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Feliz Talaz Villegas v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Smith v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Ralph ColeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by14 opinions
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