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PLRA's IFP Provisions Violate Equal Protection

A federal district court in Iowa held that the In Forma Pauperis (IFP) provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) are retroactive and violate the equal protection clause of the fifth amendment. Section 804(d) of the PLRA created a new subsection to the IFP statute which allows indigents to ...

 

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