Theola A. Jarrett v. Us Sprint Communications Company

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• holding that the filing requirements of Title VII are tolled while an in forma pauperis petition is pending
• recognizing that federal procedural rules may not be “disregarded by courts out of a vague sympathy for particular litigants”
• holding that the “fiction of ‘constructive filing’” exists only until a pending in forma pauperis motion is ruled upon
• holding that the filing date did not relate back to the date the plaintiff submitted the IFP application, even though the complaint was attached to the application
• holding that a denied IFP petition tolls a statute of limitations to allow a plaintiff a reasonable amount of time to pay the filing fee after the petition’s denial
• explaining that the “obvious” rationale behind constructive filing is a situation where a litigant presents a complaint to the court clerk before the deadline, but the clerk does not officially file the complaint until after the deadline expires

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