Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bernard S. LEVI, Appellant; Adrian WILLIAMS-EL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1997-05-06
Citations: 111 F.3d 955
Docket Number: Nos. 96-3083, 96-5200
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bernard S. LEVI, Appellant. Adrian WILLIAMS-EL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: Before WALD, WILLIAMS, and TATEL, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 111
Pages: 955–956

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bernard S. LEVI, Appellant. Adrian WILLIAMS-EL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Nos. 96-3083, 96-5200.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
May 6, 1997.
Bernard S. Levi, pro se, No. 96-3083.
Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, John R. Fisher, and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorneys, Washington, DC.
Adrian Williams-El, pro se, No. 96-5200.
Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, DC.
Before WALD, WILLIAMS, and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.
PER CURIAM.
No. 96-3083 presents the threshold question whether the filing-fee provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PLRA") apply to proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. No. 96-5200 presents the same question with respect to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We publish this opinion in order to express agreement with our sister circuits, which have uniformly held the PLRA inapplicable to such proceedings. See Smith v. Angelone, 111 F.3d 1126, 1129-31 (4th Cir.1997); Anderson v. Singletary, 111 F.3d 801 (11th Cir.1997); United States v. Simmonds, 111 F.3d 737, 742-45 (10th Cir.1997); Naddi v. Hill, 106 F.3d 275, 277 (9th Cir.1997); United States v. Cole, 101 F.3d 1076, 1077 (5th Cir.1996); Santana v. United States, 98 F.3d 752, 755-56 (3d Cir.1996); Martin v. United States, 96 F.3d 853, 855-56 (7th Cir.1996); Reyes v. Keane, 90 F.3d 676, 678 (2d Cir.1996).
We need not publish the disposition of the merits of appellants' appeals, which will issue in separate orders.