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Arizona Court Fee Law Upheld
Loaded on March 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1998, page 15
Afederal district court in Arizona upheld the constitutionality of a state statute that requires prisoners to pay the full filing fee in state court actions they initiate. The Arizona legislature enacted A.R.S. § 12-306(c) and A.R.S. § 12-302(B) which eliminates the waiver of filing fees in all state court actions, ...
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