Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Sullivan
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided March 2, 2001No. 00-C-705-CPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CRABB, District Judge.
Petitioner William Clifton Lewis is challenging the constitutionality of the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s “three strikes” provision, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), which bars a prisoner from proceeding in forma pau-peris if he has had three prior actions dismissed because they were frivolous, malicious or failed to state a claim upon which relief might be granted, unless the prisoner is in imminent danger of serious physical injury. Petitioner is an inmate at Wau-pun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin. His proposed complaint is brought against…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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- Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Lewis v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Lewis, William C. v. Litscher, Jon E.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002