United States Fourth Circuit

The Prison Litigation Reform Act's filing fee requirements are not applicable to a released prisoner, and his obligation to pay filing fees is determined by evaluating whether he qualifies under the general in forma pauperis provision of 28 U.S.C. section 1915(a)(1).

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/28/2002
• Decided 01/07/2003
• Published 01/07/2003

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, GOODWIN, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation, and DAVIS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Neal Lawrence Walters, University of Virginia School of Law Appellate Litigation Clinic, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant.   Pamela Anne Sargent, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Kendal A. Sibley, Third Year Law Student, University of Virginia School of Law Appellate Litigation Clinic, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant.  Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, Criminal Law Division, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.