Arzuaga v. Quiros

These cases call on us to clarify when prisoners are eligible to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Over the past several years, plaintiff-appellant José Arzuaga, *31who is currently incarcerated at the Corri-gan Correctional Center in Connecticut, filed three separate actions against prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Although the district court initially granted Arzuaga’s motion to proceed IFP, the district court later revoked Arzuaga’s IFP status because Arzuaga had received approximately $6,000 in past-due Social Security benefits that he had not reported to the district court. After…