The court held that a prisoner may seek in forma pauperis status in the court of appeals despite a district court’s certification that the appeal is not taken in good faith, and that filing such a motion triggers liability for appellate filing fees under the PLRA.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1997
Published opinions from 1997. The case name opens the case page.
1997 opinions
The court held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act’s filing-fee requirements apply to a prisoner’s mandamus petition arising from an ongoing civil-rights action. Because Tyler had accumulated enough qualifying dismissals to be barred from the installment plan, the court denied his request to proceed in forma…