Legal Opinion

Key v. Does

District Court, E.D. Arkansas

Decided November 17, 2016No. 4:16CV00827 JLHPublishedCited by 138 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

J. Leon Holmes, United States District Judge

Genise Key filed a pro se complaint against unnamed defendants alleging violations of her constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She has also filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. The Eighth Circuit has directed courts to undertake a two-step screening process with in forma pauperis litigants. Martin-Tri*1007gona v. Stewart, 691 F.2d 856, 857 (8th Cir. 1982). First, district courts must determine whether a plaintiff is financially eligible to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Id. Second, district…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Neitzke v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. Lopez v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000

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