United States Supreme Court

In a case involving the calculation of subsequent monthly installment payments when more than one fee is owed by a prisoner, in the context of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which provides that prisoners qualified to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) must nonetheless pay an initial partial filing fee, 28 U.S.C. section 1915(b)(1), the D.C. Circuit's decision, that petitioner's monthly payments were due simultaneously with monthly payments in the earlier case, is affirmed where section 1915(b)(2) calls for simultaneous, not sequential, recoupment of multiple monthly installment payments.

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• Published 2016/01/12

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• GINSBURG

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• United States Supreme Court

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