‘Three-Strikes’ Prisoner Not Out 
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Published: March 28, 2012
Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Judge James A. Wynn Jr.
A federal district court could not remand to state court a prisoner’s pro se filing based in part of plaintiff ’s status as a “three-strikes” prisoner due to his frequent legal filings, and the 4th Circuit reverses the remand order and reinstates plaintiff’s complaint for further proceedings.
Plaintiff prisoner sued members of the Chesterfield, S.C., police ...
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