Legal Opinion
Pointer v. Wilkinson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 6, 2007No. 06-3393PublishedCited by 246 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.
This case requires us to resolve a novel question regarding the application of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), the “three-strikes” provision added to the in forma pauperis (“IFP”) statute by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”). The three-strikes rule, in an effort to lessen the crush of frivolous prisoner filings in the federal courts, precludes prisoners — unless they face imminent danger of serious physical injury — from proceeding IFP if they have had three prior cases dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state a claim upon which relief…
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