Legal Opinion
Nicholas v. Tucker
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 27, 1997No. Nos. 1448, 1693, Dockets 96-2470, 96-2528PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
Jason B. Nicholas, an indigent prisoner currently serving a New York State court sentence of 6 1/3 to 19 years’ imprisonment, petitions this Court for relief by way of mandamus, injunction or declaratory judgment invalidating the filing fee provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act. 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Because appeals in the two above-entitled actions presently are pending, we have jurisdiction to consider the petition. We thus have authority pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201 to declare whether the filing fee provisions are constitutional. See Seguros Tepeyac,…
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