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CHANDLER v. D.C. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 96-5166.

145 F.3d 1355 (1998)

Johnny Ray CHANDLER, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Wick, appointed by the court, argued the cause as amicus curiae on behalf of appellant, with whom Alan A. Pemberton was on the briefs.

Johnny Ray Chandler, appearing pro se, was on the brief.

Andrew J. Morris, with whom Jo Anne Robinson, Interim Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Lutz Alexander Prager, Assistant Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Lawrence S. Robbins were on the brief, for appellees. Mary L. Wilson, Assistant Corporation Counsel, entered an appearance for appellees.

Before GINSBURG and TATEL, Circuit Judges, and BUCKLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

BUCKLEY, Senior Judge:

In this case we decide two issues: first, whether section 804(d) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 applies to appeals pending on the date that the Act took effect; and second, whether an inmate states a claim upon which relief may be granted when he alleges that a District of Columbia Department of Corrections officer threatened to have him killed and that Department of Corrections officials failed to respond to his complaints concerning...

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