Legal Opinion
Wilder v. Chairman of the Central Classification Board
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1991No. 88-6704PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
Wesley Rudolph Wilder’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint was dismissed by the district court because Wilder had failed to pay a $35.00 partial filing fee. Wilder mailed a “Motion to Appeal” to a friend in Lynch-burg, Virginia, asking her to enclose five dollars and to forward the motion to the court. By the time the motion arrived at the district court, its filing fell outside the thirty-day period prescribed in Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1).
The district court determined that Wilder was not proceeding in good faith and denied Wilder’s application to appeal in…
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- Houston v. LackSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Browder v. Director, Dept. of Corrections of Ill.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Evans v. CroomCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Wilder v. Chairman of the Central Classification BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Bassett v. Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994