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All Florida Prison Claims Challenging Gaintime Awards Preclude Lien for Filing Fee
Loaded on April 15, 2011
by David Reutter
By David M. Reutter
Filed under:
Filing Fees,
Money/Property,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds,
Trust Accounts.
Location:
Florida.
The Florida Supreme Court has held that imposition of a lien on a prisoner’s trust account to recover applicable filing fees is precluded in all gaintime actions, regardless of their nature, in which, if successful, the complaining party’s claim would directly affect his or her time …
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