Deleon v. Doe.

• Position: Violation of constitutional rights - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

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PLRA -- Prison Litigation Reform Act

Deleon v. Doe, 361 F.3d 93 (2nd Cir. 2004). A state prisoner filed a [section] 1983 action alleging that mail room personnel at a correctional facility violated his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed the complaint, imposed a monetary sanction on the prisoner, and issued "one strike" against the prisoner. The prisoner appealed. The appeals court affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded. The appeals court held that the district court should not have issued a "strike" under the...