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ABDUL-AKBAR v. WATSON

No. 89-3314.

901 F.2d 329 (1990)

Debro Siddig ABDUL-AKBAR, Appellant, v. WATSON, Robert J.; Darcy Watson; Walter Redman; Kay Jacobs; U.S. District Court Delaware; Department of Corrections.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Ferruggia (argued), David F. Gould III, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

David A. White (argued), Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., for appellees.

Before STAPLETON and MANSMANN, Circuit Judges, and ACKERMAN, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we must determine at what point the denial of in forma pauperis status amounts to a denial of access to the courts and whether a district court can bar an inmate from filing future in forma pauperis suits based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims. Because we conclude that the district court erred by issuing an order barring Abdul-Akbar from filing...

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