Bell v. Clevenger

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS TIMOTHY BELL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) No. 21-cv-4045-JBM ) .CLEVENGER , et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MERIT REVIEW ORDER Plaintiff, a civil detainee at the Rushville Detention and Treatment Center, seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The "privilege to proceed without posting security for costs and fees is reserved to the many truly impoverished litigants who, within the District Court's sound discretion, would remain without legal remedy if such privilege were not afforded to them." Brewster v. North Am. Van Lines, Inc.,

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