Legal Opinion
Butler v. Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 26, 2007No. 05-5171PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.
GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge.
Appellant James A. Butler, a federal prisoner, seeks leave to file in forma pau-peris (“IFP”) on an appeal before this Court. He has on at least five prior occasions brought appeals before this Court that were dismissed for failure to prosecute. The question before us is whether those dismissals are strikes under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA” or the “Act”). We hold that they are not, but nonetheless exercise our supervisory discretion to deny Butler IFP status.
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In 1996, Congress passed the Prison Litigation…
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