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U.S. v. Ortiz, No. 96-3123 (D.C. Cir.) (136 F.3d 161) (February 24, 1998) (Judge Judith W. Rogers)

Joining all the other Circuits that have ruled on the issue, the Court held that the new filing fee provisions of the PLRA do not apply to habeas corpus proceedings. The Court stated that "Congress enacted the PLRA to limit frivolous civil rights and prison condition cases, not to habeas ...

 

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