United States Seventh Circuit

28 U.S.C. sec. 1915(g), which requires prisoners to prepay the filing and docketing fees if they have filed three frivolous claims in the past, does not violate the Constitution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/29/2001
• Decided 02/01/2002
• Published 02/01/2002

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward Himmelfarb (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Sec., Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Appellant in No. 02-2252.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sarah E. Coyne (argued), Quarles & Brady, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Thomas J. Dawson (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Wis. Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 01-2251., Thomas J. Dawson (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Wis. Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendant in No. 01-2252.