Billy Holmes, A/K/A Bill Richards and Daniel Johnson v. Ray Hardy

The plaintiffs Billy Holmes and Daniel Johnson, Texas prisoners, complain that defendant Ray Hardy, clerk of the state court of Harris County, Texas, violated their fourteenth amendment due process and equal protection rights and their first amendment right of access to the courts when he formally challenged their in for-ma pauperis status in a previous lawsuit. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed this case with prejudice for failure to state a cause of action under Fed.R. Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and for frivolousness under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). We…