No. 18-5451
Charles M. Steele v. Charlotte Jenkins, Warden, et al.
IFP
Tags: access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-access due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis indigent-plaintiff judicial-discretion prisoner-rights sua-sponte-dismissal
Key Terms:
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Latest Conference:
2018-10-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in sua sponte dismissing the plaintiff's appeal for non-payment of filing fees when the plaintiff lacked sufficient funds to pay such fees
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTEDFOR REVIEW: | | 1. May the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sua sponte dismisses a Plaintiff's Appedt for not paying the filing fees, where documentation clearly showed that the inmate did not have the sufficient funds to pay such a fee, is the Plaintiff entitled to relief from the Judgment? : |
Docket Entries
2018-10-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-06-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 4, 2018)