Legal Opinion
In Re Lawrence Epps
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 1, 1989No. Docket 88-3039PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
Since 1892 Congress has permitted indigent persons to bring lawsuits in federal courts without prepayment of filing fees. Act of July 20, 1892, ch. 209, 27 Stat. 252 (codified, as amended, at 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (1982)). Recently, many district courts, concerned that this privilege has been abused by prisoners, have adopted rules requiring them to pay partial filing fees, calculated in accordance with various formulas. See T. Willging, Partial Payment of Filing Fees in Prisoner IFP Cases in Federal Courts: A Preliminary Report (Federal Judicial Center 1984). Within…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Schlagenhauf v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Evans v. CroomCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Carl D. Potnick v. Eastern State Hospital, Carl D. Potnick v. Suffolk PoliceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- Jay Hymas v. UsdoiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2023
- Nicholas v. TuckerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
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