No. 19-8840
Darnell Cooper v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al.
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion partial-filing-fee prison-litigation-reform-act standing
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Should Petitioner have been charged with an initial partial filing fee of 20 percent of the $1,300 dollars petitioner had in his account, to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis, or the whole filing fee up front?
2. Was the $275.62 enough for the petitioner to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis?
3. Are 3-strike prisoners the only one's required to pay the full filing fee up front?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the petitioner was denied due process and equal protection by being required to pay a partial filing fee to appeal his civil rights case, when he had sufficient funds in his prison account to pay the full filing fee
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-14
Waiver of right of respondents Lois Lindorff, Stephanie Dorethy, and John Baldwin to respond filed.
2020-06-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 27, 2020)
Attorneys
Darnell Cooper
Darnell Cooper — Petitioner
Lois Lindorff, Stephanie Dorethy, and John Baldwin
Frank Henry Bieszczat — Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent