Gibson v. City Municipality of New York

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “federal law generally permits a district court to waive [filing] fees for those who cannot afford them” (citing § 1915(a)(1))
• finding that a person housed in mental health facility was a \prisoner\ under Subsection 1915(h)
• “[T]he relevant time at which a person must be “a prisoner” . . . is “the moment the plaintiff files his complaint.”
• “[T]he relevant time at which a person must be “a prisoner”. . . is “the moment the plaintiff files his complaint.”
• “[T]he relevant time at which a person must be ‘a prisoner’ within the meaning of thePLRA in order for the Act’s restrictions to apply is ‘the moment the plaintiff files his complaint.’”
• “[T]he relevant time at which a person must be ‘a prisoner’ within the meaning of the PLRA in order for the Act’s restrictions to apply is ‘the moment the plaintiff files his complaint.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).