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Fines and Fees: Explained

Article • December 27, 2017

Filed under: Attorney Fees (PLRA), Filing Fees (PLRA), Filing Fees, Bail, Money/Property, Bond Fees, Booking Fees, Bail Bonds

Fines and Fees: Explained by Jessica Brand by Jessica Brand, In Justice Today In our Explainer series, Fair Punishment Project lawyers help unpackage some of the most complicated issues in the criminal justice system. We break down the problems behind the headlines — like bail, civil asset forfeiture, or the Brady …

Bruce v. Samuels, HRDC amicus brief, USSC, PLRA fees, 2015

Filing • August 18, 2015

Filed under: Filing Fees (PLRA)

Bruce v. Samuels, HRDC amicus brief, USSC, PLRA fees, 2015 No. 14-844 In The Supreme Court of the United States ____________________________ ANTOINE BRUCE, Petitioner, v. CHARLES E. SAMUELS, JR., ET AL., Respondents. _____________________________ On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit …

An Expanding Strike Zone (Coleman-Bey PLRA Report), Alliance for Justice, 2015

Publication • February 18, 2015

Filed under: PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Consent Decrees (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Filing Fees (PLRA), Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Physical Injury Rule, Injunctions (PLRA)

An Expanding Strike Zone (Coleman-Bey PLRA Report), Alliance for Justice, 2015 An Expanding Strike Zone: Coleman-Bey and the Future of Civil Protections for Prison Inmates For years, Alliance for Justice has warned of the conservative-led campaign to restrict access to justice.1 From forced arbitration, to restricting medical malpractice claims, to …

How Prisoners' Rights Lawyers are Preserving the Role of the Courts Margo Schlanger 2014

Publication • August 11, 2014

Filed under: PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Consent Decrees (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Filing Fees (PLRA), Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Physical Injury Rule, Injunctions (PLRA)

How Prisoners' Rights Lawyers are Preserving the Role of the Courts Margo Schlanger 2014 How Prisoners’ Rights Lawyers Are Preserving the Role of the Courts by Margo Schlanger DRAFT: August 11, 2014 This article canvasses prisoners’ lawyers strategies prompted by the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act. The strategies not only …

Trends in Prison Litigation and the PLRA Margo Schlanger U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Consent Decrees (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Filing Fees (PLRA), Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Physical Injury Rule, Injunctions (PLRA)

Trends in Prison Litigation and the PLRA Margo Schlanger U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 2014 Schlanger, Trends in Prisoner Litigation, DRAFT October 2, 2014, page 1 of 23 Trends in Prisoner Litigation, as the PLRA Enters Adulthood by Margo Schlanger* Forthcoming, U.C. IRVINE L. REV. (2015) The Prison Litigation Reform Act …

Prisoner Rights Litigation, John R. Williams, 2003

Publication • 2003

Filed under: PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Consent Decrees (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Filing Fees (PLRA), Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Physical Injury Rule, Injunctions (PLRA), Prisoner Legal Assistance

Prisoner Rights Litigation, John R. Williams, 2003 PRISONER RIGHTS LITIGATION John R. Williams 51 Elm Street New Haven, CT 06510 203.562.9931 Fax: 203.776.9494 E-Mail: jrw@johnrwilliams.com Because prisoners do not forfeit all civil rights upon conviction, other actions under Section 1983 also are available even to sentenced inmates. There is no …