Legal Opinion
Lee Hampton v. Ron Hobbs
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1997No. 96-3524PublishedCited by 480 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Judge.
Lee Hampton, a prisoner, initiated a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit alleging deprivation of a constitutionally protected liberty interest and retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendant and dismissed the case. Hampton filed a timely notice of appeal from that order and subsequently filed a motion with this Court to proceed in forma pauperis. This Court raised several issues regarding the constitutionality of the fee requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, Pub.L.No. 104-134, §,§…
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