United States Sixth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's challenge to a Michigan statute, requiring certain filing fees to be paid by prisoners before filing civil suits, is reversed where the district court improperly decided that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear plaintiff's claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/11/2004
• Decided 08/31/2004
• Published 08/31/2004

Judges

• MOORE, Circuit Judge., Before SILER, MOORE, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sarah M. Riley (argued and briefed), Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin R. Himebaugh (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.