Indigent prisoners must pay a percentage of the fee for each individual suit, the cap on filing fees does not combine their suits for payment purposes.
Bruce v. Samuels et al, U.S., No. 14-844, decided 1/12/16
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that indigent prisoners filing multiple in forma pauperis actions do not get a quantity discount on filing fees. Under the cap on filing fees extended to indigent prisoners under 28 U.S.C. §1915 they must cover a percentage of the fee for each individual suit they bring. There is still a provision in the law that ensures that the fee requirements do not completely bar a prisoner's access to the courts.
The court said that "[t]he per case approach more vigorously serves the statutory objective of containing prisoner litigation."
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