HUBBARD v. HALEY

No. 99-6087.

262 F.3d 1194 (2001)

Earnest Hubbard, Jesse Allen, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Charles Collins, Alberto Riley, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Michael W. Haley, Commissioner, Martha Battles, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew W. Cooper, McGuire Woods LLP, Charlottesville, VA, for Earnest Hubbard.

Jesse Allen, Stevenson, AL, Joe Broughton, Frank G. Lee, Ricky Love, Marvin Luckett, Roderick Milner, Mack People, Willie Reese, John Rowland, Johnny Thornton, Roderick Vinson, Springville, Al, pro se.

Ellen R. Leonard, Alabama Dept. of Corrections, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DUBINA and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and DUPLANTIER, District Judge.


DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PLRA") requires, inter alia, that a prisoner bringing a civil action in forma pauperis ("IFP") must pay the full filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b) (West Supp. 2000). The issue presented in this appeal is whether multiple prisoners, proceeding IFP, are entitled to join their claims and thus pro-rate the mandatory filing fees among the group instead of individually paying the...

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