Opinion ID: 754158
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: the applicability of the plra to these actions

Text: 16 The Prison Litigation Reform Act, Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321-66 (1996), was signed into law by President Clinton on April 26, 1996. 2 The PLRA, which comprises 10 sections, significantly affects prison litigation by amending several provisions of the United States Code. 3 The Act was intended to curtail what was perceived to be the over involvement of federal courts in managing state prison systems pursuant to remedial orders and consent decrees such as those involved in Glover and Hadix. 4 The second purpose of the Act was to stem the tide of frivolous prisoner suits. 5 Today we focus on section 802, which serves the first purpose identified above by limiting judicial remedies in prison condition litigation, and section 803, which serves the second statutory purpose enumerated above by amending the Civil Rights Of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997, et seq. (CRIPA). 17 Section 803(d) of the PLRA includes the provision governing the award of attorney fees in prisoner civil rights litigation. 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d). It provides in relevant part: 18 § 1997e. Suits by prisoners 19