Legal Opinion
Powell v. Cook County Jail
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 2, 1993No. 93 C 1029PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, Senior District Judge.
Cook County Jail (“Jail”) inmate Ralph Powell (“Powell”), seeks leave to file a self-prepared Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) without payment of the filing fee. For the reasons stated in this memorandum opinion and order, Powell’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis is denied without prejudice.
Every prospective in forma pauperis litigant must overcome two threshold obstacles to obtain that status:
1. he or she must make the required showing of financial indigency.
2. his or her complaint must disclose the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Spencer Harris v. Ronald Fleming, Larry Frailey and Walter BreischkeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Stewart M. Mann v. Dallas SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- James E. Niehus and Denise Niehus, Cross-Appellants v. Vince Liberio and Frank Vittorio, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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