Robert Lumbert v. Illinois Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1987-08-27

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. Lumbert, an inmate in an Illinois state prison, appeals from the dismissal of his civil rights suit against the Illinois prison system and two of its officials. The ground of dismissal was his failure to pay a $7.20 filing fee assessed by the district judge pursuant to the General Order Regarding Petitions for Leave to Proceed Without Prepayment of Fees an…

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