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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-68-607

Multiple lawsuits — Definition

Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Baker v. Norris (2007)

Most recently applied in Dexter Harmon v. Officer Dexter Payne, Assistant Director, Arkansas Department of Correction; Officer James Gibson, Warden, Varner Unit; Officer James Shipman, Deputy Warden, Varner Unit; Officer Yolanda Clark, Food Service Department; Officer Laquista Swopes, Correctional Officer (January 2020)

Acts 1997, No. 340, § 7; 2017, No. 1110, § 1.

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(1) As used in this section, “civil action or proceeding” includes without limitation a legal action filed in federal or state court.

(2) “Civil action or proceeding” does not include: A petition for writ of habeas corpus;

(3) A petition for writ of error coram nobis; or

(4) A petition for relief under Rule 37 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure.

(5) Unless the incarcerated person is under imminent danger of serious physical injury, an incarcerated person may not bring a civil action or appeal a judgment in a civil action or proceeding under the Arkansas indigency statutes if, on three (3) or more prior occasions while incarcerated or detained in any facility, the incarcerated person brought an action that was determined by a court to: Be frivolous or malicious; or

(6) Fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.