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PLRA Doesn't Apply Retroactively to Special Masters

A federal district court held that provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) limiting payment to special masters and requiring that such payment be borne by the federal judiciary, were not retroactive and did not apply to masters appointed before its enactment on April 26, 1996.

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