Legal Opinion
Lyon v. Vande Krol
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided September 9, 1996No. Civil 4-96-cv-10356PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LONGSTAFF, District Judge.
The court has before it for consideration plaintiffs motion to alter or amend judgment. The court certified to the United States Attorney General that plaintiff had drawn into question the constitutionality of the Prison Litigation Reform Act and granted time within which the United States could intervene. Defendants have resisted plaintiffs motion, and the United States has elected to intervene and has filed its brief. The motion is submitted.
Background
On April 26, 1996, the president signed into law the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), Pub.L. No. 104-134,…
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