In Re Kissi

This court recently held that the filing fee provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b), applies to a prisoner who files a petition for writ of mandamus in connection with an underlying civil case. In re Grant, 635 F.3d 1227, 1232 (D.C.Cir.2011). The question now before the court is whether the PLRA’s three-strikes provision, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), likewise applies to a mandamus petition in an underlying civil case. For the following reasons, we hold that it does.

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David Kissi was incarcerated when he petitioned this court for writs of mandamus to prevent the…