Legal Opinion
Hubbard v. Haley
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 2001No. 99-6087PublishedCited by 310 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA”) requires, inter alia, that a prisoner bringing a civil action in forma pauperis (“IFP”) must pay the full filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b) (West Supp. 2000). The issue presented in this appeal is whether multiple prisoners, proceeding IFP, are entitled to join their claims and thus pro-rate the mandatory filing fees among the group instead of individually paying the full fee. We conclude that the intent of Congress in promulgating the PLRA was to deter frivolous civil actions brought by prisoners by requiring each…
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