Prisoner Civil Rights Litigation and the 1996 Reform Act.

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Actions and defenses.
• Civil rights.
• Due process of law.

Physical Description:

• 1 online resource (33 pages) : digital, PDF file
• monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1996.

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• text file
• PDF

Summary:

Surveys historical background of prisoner civil rights litigation, and reviews judicial interpretation before enactment of the Prison Litigation Reform Act related to providing access to prisoner claims and attempts to curtail prisoner litigation. Analyzes related Supreme Court decisions, discusses caseload generated by prisoner litigation, and summarizes provisions under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Notes:

• CRS Report.
• Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Prisoner Civil Rights Litigation and the 1996 Reform Act

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