United States Eighth Circuit

18 USC 3626(b) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 governing the mandatory termination of consent decrees is constitutional and does not violate the Separation of Powers principle.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/06/2001
• Published 04/06/2001

Judges

• JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge., Before:  McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leslie J. Rosenberg, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• W. Karl Hansen, Asst. Atty. General, argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellee.