GAY v. TEXAS DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS STATE JAIL DIV.

No. 96-10995.

117 F.3d 240 (1997)

Robert M. GAY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS STATE JAIL DIV.; E. Hightower, Warden, Hutchins Unit State Jail; Hutchins State Jail; Georgia Sookup, Supervisor Medical Records, Hutchins Unit State Jail, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Gay, Jr., Fort Worth, TX, pro se.

Before GARWOOD, BENAVIDES and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

This case presents yet another spin on the filing-fee provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA") of 1995, Title VIII of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, § 804(a), Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (1996) (to be codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1915).1 We must decide whether the PLRA's in forma pauperis (IFP...

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