Allen Raymond Phipps v. Phylliss King

MILBURN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Allen Phipps, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute in Memphis, Tennessee (“FCI”), appeals from the district court’s order denying his application to proceed in forma pauperis in this Bivens-type action. The sole issue before this court is whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Phipps’ application.

Phipps filed this civil rights action on February 11, 1987, seeking monetary and declaratory relief. He alleged that defendant-appellee Phylliss King, his case manager at FCI, violated his constitutional rights when he was…