Thomas v. Barker.U.S. District Court FRIVOLOUS SUITS PLRA PLRA Partido Liberal Radical Autentico (Paraguay) PLRA Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 -- Prisoner Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Reform Act Thomas v. Barker, 371 F.Supp.2d 636 (M.D.Pa. 2005). A jail inmate brought a pro se civil rights suit seeking to challenge the propriety of charges of escape and other crimes. The district court dismissed the case, finding that the inmate could not seek release from custody in a [section] 1983 action. The court noted that to the extent that the jail inmate was challenging the fact or duration of his confinement by attacking a sheriff's filing of charges against him, the claims had to be brought in a habeas corpus habeas corpus (hā`bēəs kôr`pəs) [Lat.,=you should have the body], writ directed by a judge to some person who is detaining another, commanding him to bring the body of the person in his custody at a specified time to a petition, rather than a civil rights action. The court also held that any claim for monetary damages based on a civil rights claim for allegedly unconstitutional imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. based on vindictive prosecution would not accrue in the inmate's favor under the Heck rule until such time as the charges were dismissed or convictions were reversed on direct appeal, expunged by a state tribunal, or called into question by the issuance of a federal writ of habeas corpus Noun 1. writ of habeas corpus - a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge habeas corpus judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer . The court found that the claims were legally frivolous and subject to dismissal under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). (State Correctional Institution-Retreat, Pennsylvania) |
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