Legal Opinion
Dorothy Floyd v. United States Postal Service, Donald Harants, Postmaster
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1997No. 96-3991PublishedCited by 451 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Judge.
This appeal involves the in forma pauperis scheme that has been revised by Congress in the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Pub.L. No. 104-134, Title VIII, 110 Stat. 1321 — 66 (PLRA). We are here faced with the question of whether 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915 (1996) allows individuals who are not prisoners to litigate a ease without the payment of filing fees. Having reviewed the legislative history of the Act, applied the basic axioms of statutory interpretation, and used a little common sense, we conclude that § 1915 permits individuals who are not incarcerated…
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