BRUCE v. SAMUELS

No. 14-844.

136 S.Ct. 627 (2016)

193 L. Ed. 2d 496

Antoine BRUCE, Petitioner v. Charles E. SAMUELS, Jr., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony F. Shelley , Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

Nicole A. Saharsky , for Respondents.

Anthony F. Shelley , Laura G. Ferguson , Dawn E. Murphy-Johnson , Adam W. Braskich , Kathleen T. Wach , Miller & Chevalier Chtd., Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Benjamin C. Miter , Principal Deputy Assistant, Attorney General, Ian Heath Gershengorn , Deputy Solicitor General, Nicole A. Saharsky , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Barbara L. Herwig , Benjamin M. Shultz, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondents.


This case concerns the payment of filing fees for civil actions commenced by prisoners in federal courts. Until 1996, indigent prisoners, like other indigent persons, could file a civil action without paying any filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). In the Prison Litigation Reform Act of...

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