Fourth Circuit Says Three-Strikes Federal Prisoner’s Imminent Danger Claim Must Be Evaluated on ‘Totality of Circumstances’ by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart By the time he filed a pro se complaint against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in U.S. District Court for the District of West Virginia in May …

Advancing Stage of HCV Triggers Imminent Danger Exception to PLRA Three Strikes Rule by The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in an unpublished decision, found that a prisoner stated a claim showing he was in imminent danger of physical harm, and that a district court erred in dismissing the prisoner’s …

DC Circuit Court: “Three Strike” Prisoners Must Show Imminent Danger to File Lawsuits by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that to proceed under the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s (PLRA) three-strikes exception, the three-strike prisoner must demonstrate that he or she faced imminent …

California Three-Judge Court Denies Emergency Motion to Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On April 4, 2020, a three-judge court in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California denied a motion seeking an order requiring the California Department of Corrections and …