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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1914', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1915']

| Noe v. Alabama Supreme Court
Noe v. Alabama Supreme Court
WOODBURCK NOE, #148475, Petitioner,v.ALABAMA SUPREME COURT, Respondent.
This case is before the court on a Petition for Writ of Mandamus filed by Woodburck Noe ["Noe"], an indigent state inmate and frequent litigant before this court, directed to compel action by the Alabama Supreme Court.[1] In this petition, Noe requests an order from this court directing the state courts to reverse adverse actions taken in a civil action he sought to file in the Circuit Court of Pike County, Alabama.
Under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), the filing fee applicable to this civil action is $350.00. Upon initiation of this case, Noe filed a request for leave to proceed without prepayment of fees or costs pursuant to the directives of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Doc. No. 2 - Request and Affidavit for In Forma Pauperis Status. However, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) directs that a prisoner is not allowed to bring a civil action in forma pauperis and requires payment of the requisite filing fee upon initiation of the suit if the inmate "has, on 3 or more occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious danger of serious physical injury."[2]
The records of this court establish that Noe, while incarcerated, has on at least seven occasions had civil actions dismissed as frivolous, malicious, for failure to state a claim and/or for asserting claims against defendants who were immune from suit pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The cases on which the court relies in finding a violation of the directives of § 1915(g) by Noe are as follows: (1) Noe v. McGraw, Civil Action No. 2:95-CV-1195-MHT (M. D. Ala. 1995), (2) Noe v. James, Civil Action No. 2:94-CV-928-MHT (M.D. Ala. 1994), (3) Noe v. Hunt, et al., Civil Action No. 2:94-CV-86-WHA (M.D. Ala. 1994), (4) Noe v. Boyd, et al., Civil Action No. 2:92-CV-1350-WHA (M.D. Ala. 1992), (5) Noe v. Hunt, et al., Civil Action No. 2:92-CV-977-ID (M.D. Ala. 1992), (6) Noe v. Hunt, et al., Civil Action No. 2:92-CV-711-TMH (M.D. Ala. 1992), and (7) Noe v. Hunt, et al., Civil Action No. 2:92-CV-565-TMH (M.D. Ala. 1992).[3]
In the instant civil action, Noe complains that the state courts refused to grant him relief with respect to documents submitted to the Pike County Circuit Court in which he sought either reconsideration of his status as an adult offender or release from incarceration and denied various motions for reconsideration challenging the denial of such relief. Petition for Writ of Mandamus - Doc. No. 1 at 1. The allegations made the basis of the instant complaint fail to demonstrate that Noe was "under imminent danger of serious physical injury" at the time he filed this complaint as is required to meet the imminent danger exception to the application of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Medberry v. Butler, 185 F.3d 1189, 1193 (11th Cir. 1999) (a prisoner who has filed three or more frivolous lawsuits and seeks to proceed in forma pauperis must allege a present imminent danger to circumvent application of the "three strikes" provision of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g)). Any potential safety concerns attendant to confinement in the prison system are purely speculative and do not constitute the requisite imminent danger.
Based on the foregoing, the court concludes that Noe's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is due to be denied and this case dismissed without prejudice as Noe failed to pay the requisite filing fee upon the initiation of this cause of action. Dupree v. Palmer, 284 F.3d 1234, 1236 (11th Cir. 2002)(emphasis in original) ("[T]he proper procedure is for the district court to dismiss the complaint without prejudice when it denies the prisoner leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to the provisions of § 1915(g)" because the prisoner "must pay the filing fee at the time he initiates the suit.").
1. The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by Woodburck Noe on December 18, 2014 (Doc. No. 2) be DENIED.
ORDERED that on or before February 23, 2015, the parties may file objections to this Recommendation. Any objections filed must specifically identify the findings in the Magistrate Judge's Recommendation to which the party is objecting. Frivolous, conclusive or general objections will not be considered by the District Court. The parties are advised that ...