Rodell Thompson v. John and Jane Doe, RN, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin denied Rodell Thompson’s motion to direct prison officials to pay the remainder of his federal filing fee from his release account. The court explained that under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, filing fees are collected through an initial partial payment and monthly installments, with funds drawn first from the prisoner’s regular account and any remaining initial payment from the release account.

Holdings

1. The court denied the motion because the Prison Litigation Reform Act requires payment of the filing fee through the statutory initial-payment and monthly-installment process and does not require the state to permit a prisoner to pay the remaining balance from money carried over in a release account.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act permits a prisoner to pay the remaining balance of a federal filing fee from funds accumulated in a prison release account.

Disposition

other