Legal Opinion
Harris v. Renken
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided August 3, 2023No. 1:23-cv-01213Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS RAKEEM HARRIS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 23-1213-JEH-JES ) CHRIS RENKEN, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER AND OPINION Plaintiff, a non-prisoner, has filed a complaint under
42 U.S.C. § 1983
and a petition to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) (Doc. 3). For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed IFP (Doc. 3) is GRANTED. BACKGROUND The IFP statute, 28 U.S.C. §1915(a)(1), is designed to ensure indigent litigants meaningful access to the federal courts. Neitzke v. Williams,
490 U.S. 319, 327
(1989). In cases…
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