Legal Opinion
In Re Willis Donald Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 26, 1979No. 79-8090PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, a prisoner in the South Dakota Penitentiary, sought to bring suit against the Warden of the penitentiary and others. The district court by letter dated April 27, 1979, informed petitioner that since he had $65.85 in his penitentiary account he was denied leave to proceed in forma pauperis and his complaint would not be filed until the $15.00 filing fee was paid.
*715On May 1, 1979, petitioner wrote this court that he then had less than $50.00 in his account and no income, and therefore he alleges his assets are insufficient to pay the filing fee, expenses of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Vincente Gatica Startti v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Kenneth Souder v. Michael McGuire Superintendent, Farview State Hospital, Waymart, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Eugene Forester v. The California Adult AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Albert H. Carter and Richard E. Chapman v. V. Bailey Thomas, Clerk, U.S. District Court, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Temple v. EllerthorpeDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1984
- Danny Clark CROSS, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Evans v. CroomCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Carl D. Potnick v. Eastern State Hospital, Carl D. Potnick v. Suffolk PoliceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- In Re Jewell WilliamsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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