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Supreme Court· 5/18/2015

Coleman v. Tollefson

Citations

  • 575 U.S. 532
  • 135 S. Ct. 1759
  • 191 L. Ed. 2d 803
  • 2015 U.S. LEXIS 3201

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a “prior dismissal on a statutorily enumerated ground counts as a strike even if the dismissal is the subject of an appeal”
  • holding that plaintiffs who qualify for IFP status “may commence a civil action without prepaying fees or paying certain expenses”
  • holding that courts must count a dismissal as a strike even though the appeal of the strike is pending
  • holding that plaintiffs who qualify for IFP status “may commence a civil action without prepaying fees or paying certain expenses”
  • holding that plaintiffs who qualify for IFP status “may commence a civil action without prepaying fees or paying certain expenses”
  • holding that a “strike” dismissal is counted regardless to the timing of a subsequent appeal

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