Waseem Daker v. Theodore Jackson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Daker v. NBC, No. 15-330 (2d Cir. May 22, 2015), counted as a strike
• noting that “prisoner indigents who frequently file lawsuits do not form a suspect or quasi-suspect class”
• holding the right to proceed in forma pauperis in a civil case “is a privilege, not a right – fundamental or otherwise” and that “§ 1915(g) does not burden a fundamental right”
• holding 1 In relevant part, the statute reads: 2 Case: 17-15115 Date Filed: 04/03/2020 Page: 3 of 7 that Daker had at least seven strikes and was therefore ineligible for in forma pauperis status
• listing six appeals Daker filed between May 26, 2016 and December 19, 2016 that were dismissed as frivolous and constituted “strikes” under the PLRA
• explaining denial of appeal as frivolous constitutes strike

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Waseem Daker v. Timothy Ward
  Eleventh Circuit· 2021-06-07· cited 214×
• James E. McNair v. K. Johnson
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-07-14
• Armando Ramos and Shannon Mark Douthit v. Marvin Dunbar
  Tex. App. Ct., 15th Dist.· 2025-01-14

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jones v. Bock
  Supreme Court· 2007-01-22· cited 10,443×
• Lewis v. Casey
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-24· cited 7,493×
• Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell
  Supreme Court· 1988-02-24· cited 951×
• Snyder v. Phelps
  Supreme Court· 2011-03-02· cited 867×
• Miller v. Donald
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-08-29· cited 602×
• Rivera v. Allin
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-06-23· cited 361×
• BE&K Construction Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 298×
• Waseem Daker v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2016-05-04· cited 155×
• Ranch House, Inc. v. Amerson
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-01-17· cited 33×