Legal Opinion
Souvannaseng Boriboune v. Gerald Berge
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 6, 2004No. 04-1847PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Four inmates of Wisconsin’s top-security prison filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and asked the district judge to allow them to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Although Fed. R.Civ.P. 20 authorizes the joinder of these claims and parties, the district judge dismissed the complaint before the defendants had been served with process, and without reaching the merits. In Lindell v. Litscher, 212 F.Supp.2d 936 (W.D.Wis.2002), the judge had announced that, notwithstanding Rule 20, she would not allow prisoners to litigate jointly in forma pau-peris,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re Prison Litigation Reform ActCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- Lewis v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Hubbard v. HaleyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- Randolph Muhammad Talley-Bey, Jr. v. Paul KneblCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Branch v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by285 opinions
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- Daker v. WetheringtonDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2007
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