For purposes of sections 25-2301 to 25-2310 : (1) Case includes any suit, action, or proceeding; and (2) In forma pauperis means the permission given by the court for a party to proceed without prepayment of fees and costs or security.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2301
Terms, defined
Applied in 29 court decisions — leading case Jordan v. State Ex Rel. Department of Motor Vehicles & Public Safety (2005)
Most recently applied in Jackson v. Rodriguez (March 2025)
Laws 1972, LB 1120, § 1; Laws 1979, LB 148, § 1; Laws 1986, LB 750, § 3; Laws 1999, LB 689, § 2.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.