Publication Date
2-23-2015
Journal
Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases
Abstract
The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 amended the federal in forma pauperis statute to include, among other provisions, what has become known as the “three strikes provision.” Under this provision, prisoners who have accumulated three strikes—three dismissals of cases that were frivolous, malicious, or failed to state a claim—are no longer permitted to proceed in forma pauperis unless they can show immediate danger of serious physical injury. This case asks the Court to determine whether a dismissal by the district court immediately counts as a strike or whether it does not count until any appeal of the dismissal has been decided or the time to appeal has expired.
Volume
42
First Page
187
Publisher
American Bar Association
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Labor and Employment Law | Law | Legislation
Recommended Citation
Betsy Ginsberg,
Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act's So-Called Three Strikes Provision, When Does a Dismissal Count as a Strike: Coleman v. Tollefson (13-1333),
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Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases
187
(2015).
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/faculty-articles/569
