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POINTER v. WILKINSON

No. 06-3393.

502 F.3d 369 (2007)

Dennis POINTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Reginald WILKINSON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 6, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Danielle M. Hohos, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Jeffrica Jenkins Lee, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor. ON BRIEF: Danielle M. Hohos, Donald B. Ayer, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Jeffrica Jenkins Lee, Barbara L. Herwig, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor.

Before: BATCHELDER and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges; ACKERMAN, District Judge.

OPINION

HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.

This case requires us to resolve a novel question regarding the application of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), the "three-strikes" provision added to the in forma pauperis ("IFP") statute by the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA"). The three-strikes rule, in an effort to lessen the crush of frivolous prisoner filings in the federal courts, precludes prisoners — unless they face imminent danger of serious...

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