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Physical Injury Requirement Not Retroactive

Loaded on July 15, 1997 published in Prison Legal News July, 1997, page 11
Filed under: Physical Injury Rule, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Qualified Immunity, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services. Location: New York.
A federal district court in New York held that 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e), a section of the PLRA which requires prisoners to sustain physical injury before they can seek money damages, is not retroactive to claims arising before the PLRA's April 26, 1996, enactment. The court also held prison officials ...

 

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