TIERNEY v. KUPERS

Nos. 97-35200, 97-35201.

128 F.3d 1310 (1997)

Michael C. TIERNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold KUPERS, Defendant-Appellee. Michael C. TIERNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Crystal CORLISS; Loretta Lovano; Andrea Brynn, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Tierney, Clallam Bay, Washington, Pro se, plaintiff-appellant.

No appearance for the defendants-appellees.

Before: CANBY, T.G. NELSON, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

A 1996 amendment to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 limited the ability of prisoners, if they had filed three previous actions dismissed as frivolous, to proceed in forma pauperis in order to avoid paying filing fees. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Washington state prisoner Michael Tierney appeals pro se the district court's dismissal, pursuant to that section, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions...

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