Legal Opinion
Smith v. Wrigley
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 14, 2010No. 33A04-0912-CV-727PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CRONE, Judge.
Prison inmate Eric D. Smith appeals a trial court order denying his motion for waiver of filing fees in connection with his complaint against prison superintendent Jeff Wrigley and Lt. Gard. The sole issue for review is whether the statute requiring him to pay filing fees violates Article 1, Sections 12 and 23 of the Indiana Constitution. We affirm.
Smith is an inmate at the New Castle Correctional Facility, serving a twenty-year sentence for arson. On November 4, 2009, he filed a motion for waiver of fees required under Indiana Code Section 34-10-1-3 1 to file his civil…
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