Does a prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis have to pay the full amount of filing fees in civil actions and appeals?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sukumaran v. U.S. DHS/ice-El Centro, Civil No. 14-cv-00967 BAS(JMA) (S.D. Cal. 2014):
"Unlike other indigent litigants, prisoners proceeding in forma pauperis must pay the full amount of the filing fees in civil actions and appeals pursuant to the PLRA [Prison Litigation Reform Act]." Agyeman v. INS, 296 F.3d 871, 886 (9th Cir. 2002)
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