SINGLETON v. SMITH

No. 99-3421.

241 F.3d 534 (2001)

Alphonso Singleton, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lee Edward Smith and Eric Ross, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Goldberger (argued and briefed), Anne M. Doyle (briefed), Ohio State University College of Law Clinical Programs, Columbus, OH, for Appellant.

Joshua T. Cox (briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Corrections Litigation Section, Columbus, OH, J. Eric Holloway, Asst. Atty. General (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Corrections Litigation Section, Columbus, OH, for Appellees.

Before: KEITH, BOGGS, and COLE, Circuit Judges.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Following a negative jury verdict in his civil trial, costs were imposed against appellant Singleton pursuant to the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA"), 28 U.S.C. § 1915(f). Singleton appeals an order that denied him relief from costs of $3857.35, arguing that imposition of the costs was a misapplication of the PLRA and interpretive case law. In the alternative, he argues...

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