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IN RE SMITH

No. 96-5327.

114 F.3d 1247 (1997)

In re Peter C. SMITH, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evelina J. Norwinski, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Washington, DC, appointed by the court as amicus curiae, argued the cause on the side of petitioner, with whom A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender, was on the brief. Peter C. Smith, appearing pro se, also filed briefs.

William D. Weinreb, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Washington, DC, argued the cause for respondent, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Attorney, John R. Fisher and Roy W. McLeese, III, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, were on the brief.

Before RANDOLPH and ROGERS, Circuit Judges and BUCKLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge:

In 1996, Congress passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA") as Title VIII of the Omnibus Consolidated Recessions and Appropriations Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (1996).1 On November 21, 1996, shortly before his release from prison, petitioner Peter C. Smith lodged with this court a pleading...

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