Legal Opinion
Sidney Marts v. Phillip Hines
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1997No. 94-30513PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
We have taken this case en banc to resolve relevant conflicting circuit precedents, to continue our development of procedures to address and dispose appropriately of a continually burgeoning prisoner pro se docket, both at the trial and appellate levels,1 and to note an appropriate awareness of the intervening Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995.2
*1505 Background
The facts concerning the appeal by Sidney Marts of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against an assistant district attorney for Orleans Parish, Louisiana, a public defender, and a private attorney representing a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Denton v. HernandezSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Deakins v. MonaghanSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Norman R. Spears v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- James A. Watson v. Dr. Allen L. Ault, William Purdue v. Dr. Allen L. Ault, Director, William A. Durham v. Oree ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Graves v. HamptonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Joanna Cieszkowska v. Gray Line New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
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