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Bernard S. Levi, pro se, No. 96-3083.

Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, John R.

Fisher, and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States At-

torneys.

Adrian Williams-El, pro se, No. 96-5200.

Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R.

Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney.

Before: Wald, Williams, and Tatel, Circuit Judges

Opinion for the Court filed Per Curiam .

No. 96-3083 presents the threshold question whether the

filing-fee provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of

1995 ("PLRA") apply to proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

No. 96-5200 presents the same question with respect to 28

U.S.C. § 2254. We publish this opinion in order to express

agreement with our sister circuits, which have uniformly held

the PLRA inapplicable to such proceedings. See Smith v.

Angelone, No. 96-7, 1997 WL 198075, at *2-4 (4th Cir. Apr.

24, 1997); Anderson v. Singletary, No. 96-2697, 1997 WL

188417 (11th Cir. Apr. 18, 1997); United States v. Simmonds,

No. 96-3287, 1997 WL 177560, at *4-6 (10th Cir. Apr. 14,

1997); Naddi v. Hill, 106 F.3d 275, 277 (9th Cir. 1997);

United States v. Cole, 101 F.3d 1076, 1077 (5th Cir. 1996);

Santana v. United States, 98 F.3d 752, 755-56 (3d Cir. 1996);

Martin v. United States, 96 F.3d 853, 855-56 (7th Cir. 1996);

Reyes v. Keane, 90 F.3d 676, 678 (2d Cir. 1996).

We need not publish the disposition of the merits of

appellants' appeals, which will issue in separate orders.