Legal Opinion
Debro Siddig Abdul-Akbar v. Watson, Robert J. Darcy Watson Walter Redman Kay Jacobs U.S. District Court Delaware Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 20, 1990No. 89-3314PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we must determine at what point the denial of in forma pauperis status amounts to a denial of access to the courts and whether a district court can bar an inmate from filing future in forma pau-peris suits based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims. Because we conclude that the district court erred by issuing an order barring Abdul-Akbar from filing any in for-ma pauperis § 1983 suits without considering the effects on a legitimate claim and we further conclude that his claim is not legally “frivolous,” we will vacate and remand to the district…
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