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Sixth Circuit Issues PLRA IFP Order
Loaded on June 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1997, page 8
On February 4, 1997, Boyce Martin, chief judge of the sixth circuit, issued an administrative order directing all circuit and district court judges in the sixth circuit to apply the In Forma Pauperis (IFP) provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) uniformly to all complaints or notices of appeal ...
Filed under:
PLRA,
Filing Fees (PLRA),
Complaints,
Costs,
Habeas Corpus.
Location:
United States of America.
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