Legal Opinion
Chandler v. District of Columbia Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 12, 1998No. 96-5166PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUCKLEY, Senior Judge:
In this ease we decide two issues: first, whether section 804(d) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 applies to appeals pending on the date that the Act took effect; and second, whether an inmate states a claim upon which relief may be granted when he alleges that a District of Columbia Department of Corrections officer threatened to have him killed and that Department of Corrections officials failed to respond to his complaints concerning the threat.
I. Background
A. Statutory Scheme
Section 804 of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA” or “Act”), Title…
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