[20200608]LSB10408_三振出局：最高法院将考虑限制囚犯诉讼.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Three Strikes, Youre Out: Supreme Court to Consider Limit on Prisoner Litigation Updated June 8, 2020 UPDATE: The Supreme Court issued its opinion in Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez on June 8, 2020. The full Court agreed that “the text of Section 1915(g)s three-strikes provision refers to any dismissal for failure to state a claim, whether with prejudice or without.” The original post from February 20, 2020, is below. The Administrative Office of the United States Courts reports that in 2018, state and federal prisoners filed nearly 54,000 suits in federal district court. Such litigation, which often challenges the conditions of confinement in federal and state prisons, may allow prisoners to vindicate fundamental rights but can also place a heavy burden on the federal courts that hear the cases and the government officials who must defend against them. The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) seeks to balance those competing interests, “ensuring that the flood of nonmeritorious claims does not submerge and effectively preclude consideration of the allegations with merit.” On February 26, 2020, th