Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 20, 2009No. 05-5420PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Challenging the conditions of his incarceration, and having been denied informa pauperis (IFP) status by the district court, appellant now seeks to proceed IFP on appeal. Although appellant has only two “strikes” and thus faces no Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) bar to IFP status, we find that he qualifies as an abusive filer under Butler v. Department of Justice, 492 F.3d 440 (D.C.Cir.2007), in which we denied IFP status to a prisoner who, though not technically barred by the PLRA, had nonetheless abused the…
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