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Eighth Circuit Issues PLRA IFP Procedures
Loaded on June 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1998, page 13
The court of appeals for the eighth circuit has issued a ruling describing the procedures it and all district courts in that circuit will use to assess and collect filing fees from prisoners who file with In Forma Pauperis (IFP) status. The court notes that the Prison Litigation Reform Act ...
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