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PLRA's IFP Restrictions Do Not Apply To Civil Commitments
By Brandon Sample
Sex offenders that are civilly committed upon completion of their sentences are not "prisoners" within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decided October 19, 2009.
Dustin Merryfield was civilly committed under the Kansas Sexually Violent ...
Sex offenders that are civilly committed upon completion of their sentences are not "prisoners" within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decided October 19, 2009.
Dustin Merryfield was civilly committed under the Kansas Sexually Violent ...
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