Legal Opinion
Roller v. Gunn
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1997No. 96-6992PublishedCited by 180 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge RUSSELL joined. Judge HALL wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
Appellant, Gary Lee Roller, challenges the constitutionality of section 804 of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, §§ 801-810 (Apr. 26, 1996), which requires prisoners proceeding in forma pauperis to pay a partial filing fee before filing a lawsuit or proceeding with an appeal. We think the Act represents a legitimate exercise of Congress’ power to…
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