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Hearing Required Before Denial of IFP
Loaded on May 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1994, page 10
Khalid Alexander is a Nevada state prisoner. He tried to file suit and requested in forma pauperis status in order to proceed without paying the normally required filing fees. The Nevada district court has a policy of requiring prisoners to pay a partial filing fee based on either the value ...
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