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Tenth Cir. Upholds IFP Provisions
Loaded on May 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1998, page 10
The court of appeals for the tenth circuit held that the PLRA's IFP provisions, requiring full payment of all filing fees, were constitutional. All circuit courts to consider the issue have held likewise. The court also upheld the censorship of the magazine Muhammad Speaks on grounds that it advocates racial …
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