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Type
Lead opinion
Author
Elena Kagan
Filed
June 8, 2020
Case
Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez
Case status
Decided
Joined by
Samuel A. Alito Jr.Stephen Gerald BreyerRuth Bader GinsburgNeil M. GorsuchBrett M. KavanaughJohn Glover Roberts Jr.Sonia SotomayorClarence Thomas

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Justice KAGAN delivered the opinion of the Court. * *1723 To help staunch a "flood of nonmeritorious" prisoner litigation, the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA) established what has become known as the three-strikes rule…

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