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ANDERSON v. SINGLETARY

No. 96-2697.

111 F.3d 801 (1997)

Bruce Douglas ANDERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General of the State of Florida, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Burke, Jr. and William M. Kent, Asst. Federal Public Defenders, Jacksonville, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Robert Butterworth, Atty. Gen. Miami, FL and Belle B. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondents-Appellees.

David S. Kris, Atty., Dept of Justice, Washington, DC, for Dept. of Justice.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and LAY, Senior Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Chief Judge:

In this order, we hold that the filing fee requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), Title VIII of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (Apr. 26, 1996), do not apply to habeas corpus proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

In August 1992, movant Bruce Anderson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United...

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