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GEORGE v. STATE

No. A-5930.

944 P.2d 1181 (1997)

Henry GEORGE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

September 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Jay Sidell, Anchorage, for Appellant.

G. Blair McCune, Assistant Public Defender, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Alaska Public Defender Agency, amicus curiae.

Cynthia M. Cooper and Timothy W. Terrell, Assistant Attorneys General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before COATS, C.J., MANNHEIMER, J., and JOANNIDES, District Court Judge.

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Under Alaska law prior to July 1995, indigents who wished to commence litigation against the State could apply to the courts for a total waiver of the normal filing fee under Alaska Administrative Rules 9(f) and 10. In the 1995 legislative session, however, the Alaska legislature enacted a statute, AS 09.19.010, which limits the courts' authority to waive filing fees in lawsuits brought by prisoners against the state government. See 1995...

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