Legal Opinion
Smith v. Veterans Administration
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 1, 2011No. 10-4040PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
Dana Lydell Smith is a prisoner of the State of Idaho and a frequent filer of legal papers in federal courts. He attempted to file a civil rights action in the District of Utah, and because of his indigency, he asked for permission to file his complaint without the prepayment of the $350 filing fee. But under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), a prisoner generally may not file a federal civil action or appeal in a civil action without prepaying the filing fee if he has violated the “three strikes” rule. The three-strikes rule generally…
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