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· 3/24/1997

In Re Melvin Leroy Tyler

Citations

  • 110 F.3d 528
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 6186
  • 1997 WL 142237

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that a prisoner is “responsible for their filing fees the moment [he] brings a civil action or files an appeal”
  • holding prisoner would be assessed a full filing fee even if his case was dismissed for failure to prosecute
  • holding prisoner would be assessed a full filing fee even if his case was dismissed for failure to prosecute
  • noting that “the [Prison Litigation Reform Act] makes prisoners responsible for their filing fees the moment the prisoner brings a civil action or files an appeal.”
  • refusing to consider petition for writ of mandamus filed by prisoner who was not eligible for installment payments under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b
  • noting the Act “makes prisoners responsible for their filing fees the moment the prisoner brings a civil action”

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Judges: Fagg, Loken, Arnold

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