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Habeas Petitioner Cannot Avoid Payment of Appellate Filing Fees
Habeas Petitioner Cannot Avoid Payment of Appellate Filing Fees
by Michael Brodheim
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner seeking collateral relief cannot avoid paying appellate filing fees.
Following a murder conviction, Indiana prisoner Kelly S. Thomas was sentenced to 65 years in prison. After his ...
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