· 2/12/2002
Jeffrey Taylor v. Delatoore, Deputy Huges, Deputy Unknown Duncan, Sgt. Rogers, Lt. Eriquez, Dr.
Citations
- 281 F.3d 844
- 2002 Daily Journal DAR 1734
- 2002 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1409
- 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 2240
- 2002 WL 206394
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that § 1915(b) does not violate a prisoner’s rights to access the courts and ; to equal protection
- finding that 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(4) acts as a “safety-valve” preventing 7 dismissal of a prisoner’s IFP case based solely on a “failure to pay”
- stating that “all prisoners who file IFP civil actions must pay the full amount 11 of the filing fee”
- holding indigent prisoners are not a protected class for purposes of stating an equal protection claim
- finding that prisoners, unlike non-prisoner litigants, are in state custody “and accordingly 6 have the ‘essentials of life’ provided by the government.”
- explaining that it was “uncontested that [the plaintiff] lacked the means” to make that payment
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Judges: Noonan, Hawkins, Tashima
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