---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1637.3"
title: "45"
number: "1637.3"
heading: "Prohibition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1637.3"
---

# §1637.3. Prohibition.


A recipient may not participate in any civil litigation on behalf of a person who is incarcerated in a Federal, State or local prison, whether as a plaintiff or as a defendant, nor may a recipient participate on behalf of such an incarcerated person in any administrative proceeding challenging the conditions of incarceration.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e); Pub. L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009; Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 19422, Apr. 21, 1997, unless otherwise noted.