Bruce v. Samuels

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2016-01-12

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Justice GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court. This case concerns the payment of filing fees for civil actions commenced by prisoners in federal courts. Until 1996, indigent prisoners, like other indigent persons, could file a civil action without paying any filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915 <…

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