Williams v. Circuit Court for Washington County

On July 24, 2009, appellant, Ray Lucky Williams, filed a petition in the Circuit Court for Washington County seeking judicial review of an administrative agency decision. Along with his petition, Williams filed a request for waiver of prepayment of the filing fee. On August 4, 2009, the court denied Williams’s request and ordered that the “[pjetition be accepted but not processed until $80.00 is paid.” Williams timely appealed.

The single issue before this Court is whether the circuit court properly denied Williams’s request for waiver of prepay ment of the filing fee. 1 For the reasons stated…