43 F. Supp. 2d 1039 - Ayers v. Norris’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1914 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · Turner v. Safley · Lewis Director Arizona Department of Corrections v. Casey · Bounds v. Smith
Most-quoted passages
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“rule prevents Higgins from bringing a civil action in forma pauperis (IFP) because Higgins has, on three or more prior occasions, brought an action or appeal in federal court that was frivolous, malicious, or failed to state a claim and because Higgins is not under imminent danger of serious physical injury. The appeals of Higgins and Carpenter have been consolidated with an appeal by the defendants in the § 1983 suit brought by Arkansas inmate Reginald Early. The Early defendants also appeal the denial of their motion to apply the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n no event shall a prisoner be prohibited from bringing a civil action or appealing a civil or criminal judgment for the reason that the prisoner has no assets and no means by which to pay the initial partial filing fee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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