Ronald Gillette v. Diane Prosper

OPINION OF THE COURT

(June 2, 2017)

Hardiman, Circuit Judge

Appellant Ronald Gillette is an inmate at Golden Grove Correctional Facility on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Gillette filed suit in the District Court for the Virgin Islands alleging various constitutional and statutory claims. Most significant to this appeal, Gillette moved the District Court to convene a three-judge court under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. The District Court denied Gillette’s motion, finding that he had not satisfied the prerequisites for convening a three-judge court. Before the District Court could…