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Race Discrimination Claim Not Barred by PLRA Physical Injury Rule
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1999, page 25
A federal district court in Missouri held that the physical injury rule of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) applied only to Eighth amendment claims and did not apply to a prisoner's equal protection claim of racial discrimination. The court's ruling is one of the most comprehensive discussions of the …
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