United States Eleventh Circuit

The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 28 USC 1915(b), which requires a prisoner bringing a civil action in forma pauperis to pay the full filing fee, requires multiple prisoners who are joining their claims to each pay the full filing fee rather than pay pro-rata.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/21/2001
• Published 08/21/2001

Judges

• DUBINA, Circuit Judge:, Before DUBINA and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and DUPLANTIER , District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matthew W. Cooper, McGuire Woods LLP, Charlottesville, VA, for Earnest Hubbard., Jesse Allen, Stevenson, AL, Joe Broughton, Frank G. Lee, Ricky Love, Marvin Luckett, Roderick Milner, Mack People, Willie Reese, John Rowland, Johnny Thornton, Roderick Vinson, Springville, Al, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ellen R. Leonard,Alabama Dept. of Corrections, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.