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COVINO v. REOPEL

Docket Nos. 96-2295, 96-2329, 96-2146 and 95-1522.

89 F.3d 105 (1996)

Robert Henry COVINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Frank REOPEL, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Ernest William VANN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Benjamin F.L. DARDON, Defendant-Appellee. Eddie KELLAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Philip COOMBE, Commissioner of The New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard DAVID, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Henry Covino, pro se, Swanton, Vt.

Ernest William Vann, pro se, Alden, N.Y.

Eddie Kellams, pro se, Beacon, N.Y.

Richard David, pro se, White Deer, Pa.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, KEARSE and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge.

These motions by incarcerated prisoners in four unrelated cases oblige this Court to consider to what extent, if any, the new fee requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA) apply to appeals filed before the April 26, 1996, effective date of the new statute. We conclude that the PLRA applies to prisoners who filed a notice of appeal prior to the effective date, including those...

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