SAMARRIPA v. ORMOND

Nos. 17-6048/6166/6213/6260/6299/6333.

917 F.3d 515 (2019)

David SAMARRIPA (17-6048/6260); Stephon Mason (17-6166); Jose Adrian Hernandez (17-6213); Arnulfo Torres Perez (17-6299); Timmie D. Cole, SR. (17-6333), Petitioners-Appellants, v. J. Ray ORMOND, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Katherine B. Wellington , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Edward Himmelfarb , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. James R. Saywell , JONES DAY, Cleveland, Ohio, as Amicus Curiae. ON BRIEF: Katherine B. Wellington , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Edward Himmelfarb , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. James R. Saywell , JONES DAY, Cleveland, Ohio, as Amicus Curiae.

Before: SUTTON, GRIFFIN, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Indigent individuals may seek permission in the district court to appeal adverse judgments without prepayment of appellate filing fees. At issue in today's five consolidated cases, each filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, is whether district courts may grant such motions in part by requiring litigants to prepay...

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