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PLRA

Jun 25, 2025

Justices recognize limited jury trial right in prisoner cases

Supreme Court rules 5-4 that juries can decide if prisoners met PLRA exhaustion requirements when facts overlap with civil rights claims.

In Wells v. Johnson, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a court’s declaration that an arrest was unconstitutional would not remedy a past injury, and the plaintiff in the case did not show how such a declaration would likely avert future arrest or prosecution. (Associated Press file)
Nov 19, 2024

‘Heck’ dismissal is a PLRA ‘strike’

Where the court dismisses a prisoner’s suit under Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), that constitutes a “strike” under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. The decision deepened an “entrenched […]


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