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FLOYD v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

No. 96-3991.

105 F.3d 274 (1997)

Dorothy FLOYD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Donald Harants, Postmaster, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1997.

Rehearing Denied March 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Friedman (argued and briefed), Kathleen A. Pakes, Taustine, Post, Stosky, Berman, Fineman & Kohn, Louisville, KY, for plaintiff-appellant.

Dorothy Floyd, Cleveland, OH, pro se.

Marcia W. Johnson, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Cleveland, OH, Barbara L. Herwig, Jacob M. Lewis (argued and briefed), U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees.

Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge, and ENGEL and COLE, Circuit Judges.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Judge.

This appeal involves the in forma pauperis scheme that has been revised by Congress in the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Pub.L. No. 104-134, Title VIII, 110 Stat. 1321 — 66 (PLRA). We are here faced with the question of whether 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915 (1996) allows individuals who are not prisoners to litigate a case without the payment of filing fees. Having reviewed the legislative history of the Act, applied the...

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