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Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-812

Filing of subsequent lawsuits not permitted until expenses paid — Injunctive relief

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Sweatt v. Tennessee Department of Correction (2002)

Most recently applied in Reginald Dion Hughes v. Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole (March 2017)

Acts 1996, ch. 913, § 1.

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(1) Except as provided by subsection (b), on notice of assessment of any fees, taxes, costs and expenses under this part, a clerk of a court may not accept for filing another claim by the same inmate until prior fees, taxes, costs and other expenses are paid in full.

(2) A court may allow an inmate who has not paid any costs or expenses assessed against the inmate to file a claim for injunctive relief seeking to enjoin an act or failure to act that creates a substantial threat of irreparable injury or serious physical harm to the inmate.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.