MARTS v. HINES

No. 94-30513.

117 F.3d 1504 (1997)

Sidney MARTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Phillip HINES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Marts, Cotton Port, LA, pro se.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and WISDOM, KING, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, DUHÉ, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, PARKER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

We have taken this case en banc to resolve relevant conflicting circuit precedents, to continue our development of procedures to address and dispose appropriately of a continually burgeoning prisoner pro se docket, both at the trial and appellate levels,1 and to note an appropriate awareness of the intervening Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995.2

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