HARRIS v. GARNER

No. 98-8899.

190 F.3d 1279 (1999)

Frederick Lamar HARRIS, Danny Chadwick, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Wayne GARNER, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections, A.G. Thomas, Director of Facilities Division of the Georgia Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Toone, Stephen B. Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Diane Festin LaRoss, Department of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Peter Maier, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S., Amicus Curiae/Intervenor-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In this case the parties ask us to answer several important questions relating to two provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (1996) (codified in scattered sections of 42 U.S.C.) ("PLRA"). 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) (Supp. II 1996) provides that "[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1983 of this title, or any...

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