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"Three Strikes" Provision of PLRA Unconstitutional
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2000, page 21
A federal district court in Arkansas held that a prisoner had standing to challenge the "three strikes" provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) on equal protection grounds, and that "strict scrutiny" analysis applied. As a result, the provision was declared unconstitutional.
Filed under:
Filing Fees (PLRA),
Frivolous Litigation (PLRA),
Civil Procedure,
Standing,
Parole.
Location:
Arkansas.
In April 1997, Arkansas state prisoner Wendell ...
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