Legal Opinion
Taylor v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1998No. Nos. 97-16069, 97-16071PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RESTANI, Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying a motion to terminate a consent decree affecting prison conditions and finding a provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Pub.L. No. 104-134, § 802, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-65 (1996) (codified as 18 U.S.C.A. § 3626(b)(2) (West.Supp. 1998)) (“PLRA” or “the Act”), unconstitutional. That provision mandates immediate termination of previously granted prospective relief, if the relief was granted in the absence of newly-required findings. Id Because the relief at issue here resulted from an agreement of the…
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Robert O. Gilmore, Jr., and Inmates of San Quentin State Prison, United States of America, Intervenor v. People of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
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- James Benjamin v. Michael Jacobson, Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
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