Dion Mathews v. Jolinda Waterman, et al.

Summary

The court denied Dion Mathews’s motion to direct prison officials to pay the remainder of his federal appellate filing fee from his release account. The court explained that the Prison Litigation Reform Act requires payment through an initial partial fee and monthly installments, but does not require states to permit payment of the remaining balance from a prisoner’s release account.

Holdings

1. The Prison Litigation Reform Act does not require prison officials to permit a prisoner to pay the balance of a federal court filing fee from funds in a release account; plaintiff's motion was therefore denied.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should direct prison officials to pay the remainder of plaintiff's federal appellate filing fee from his prison release account under the Prison Litigation Reform Act.

Disposition

other