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PLRA Application to Mandamus Discussed
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1996, page 9
The court of appeals for the second circuit held that the filing fee requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) apply to writs of mandamus filed in civil cases but not in criminal proceedings. Paul Nagy is a detainee undergoing criminal trial in federal court. Nagy filed a motion …
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