Case Name: Gabble Lee MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of TENNESSEE; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-03-10
Citations: 89 F. App'x 575
Docket Number: No. 03-5816
Parties: Gabble Lee MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of TENNESSEE; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before MARTIN, RYAN, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 89
Pages: 575–576

Head Matter:
Gabble Lee MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of TENNESSEE; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 03-5816.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
March 10, 2004.
Before MARTIN, RYAN, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
Gabble Lee Mitchell petitions for a rehearing of this court's order of January 30, 2004, which affirmed the district court's order administratively closing his civil rights case until he paid the required filing fee. The documentation attached to Mitchell's rehearing petition establishes that Mitchell did pay his required filing fee shortly after being ordered to do so by the district court and nearly a year before the district court dismissed the case. As Mitchell clearly paid the required filing fee, the district court erred in closing the case.
Accordingly, we grant Mitchell's request for a rehearing. The district court's order closing Mitchell's complaint is reversed. The case is remanded to the district court with instructions to reopen Mitchell's case.