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PLRA Requires Sequential Fee Collection

A Massachusetts federal district court has held that under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), indigent prisoners who have filed multiple lawsuits can only be assessed 20% of their total monthly receipts. In other words, the filing fees can only be collected sequentially rather than simultaneously.

Prisoner Anthony Lafauci filed ...

 

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