Legal Opinion
George v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided September 5, 1997No. A-5930PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Under Alaska law prior to July 1995, indigents who wished to commence litigation against the State could apply to the courts for a total waiver of the normal filing fee under Alaska Administrative Rules 9(f) and 10. In the 1995 legislative session, however, the Alaska legislature enacted a statute, AS 09.19.010, which limits the courts’ authority to waive filing fees in lawsuits brought by prisoners against the state government. See 1995 SLA, ch. 79, § 1. Under this new law, a court must in all cases require the prisoner to pay a filing fee “equal to 20 percent ... of the…
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