Brandon v. Corrections Corp. of America

How courts have described this case

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• holding that indigent prisoners are not similarly situated to indigent non-prisoners
• holding argument waived when not raised in court below or given cursory treatment in party's brief
• holding inmate filing fee statute for civil actions did not violate equal protection or the right to access to the courts
• noting that the federal and state equal protection clauses \require equal treatment only for those who are similarly situated\
• noting that \[a] party may not raise an issue for the first time on appeal” and \cursory treatment of an issue is considered by this court to be waiver of that issue”
• concluding that argument not raised below was waived

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