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PLRA Fees Don't Apply to Released Prisoners
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1997, page 14
The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that released prisoners who are indigent need not pay PLRA filing fees. Harry Haynes was a Texas state prisoner released on parole shortly after suing prison officials. Haynes had sought leave to file suit In Forma Pauperis (IFP) without paying the ...
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