No. 21-7801

Richard E. Shreves v. United States District Court for the District of Montana

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-05-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-authority document-access due-process e-filing e-filing-program inmate-rights prison-litigation pro-se-litigant standing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the District Court exceed its authority in determining pro-se inmate litigants were not entitled to one free copy of filed documents under 28 U.S.C. §1914(8)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED l.: Did the District Court exceed its authority when it determined Pro-Se Inmate Litigants, forced to participate in the Montana State Prison E-Filing Program, were not entitled to one free copy of the filed document, per 28 U.S.C. §1914(8), : disregarding the fact that for two years MSP Inmates had received a free copy of each of their filings sent to the prison with the Notice of Electronic filing and the practice only stopped when the Montana District Court Manager directed the prison officials to stop providing the free copy, referencing STANDING ORDER BMM-6. Lo}

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-02-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 8, 2022)

Attorneys

Richard E. Shreves
Richard E. Shreves — Petitioner
Richard E. Shreves — Petitioner