Case Name: William Wentworth FOSTER, Appellant, v. Forest HANNA and Other Unknown Circuit Clerks and Judges, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1986-03-31
Citations: 786 F.2d 1341
Docket Number: No. 85-2168
Parties: William Wentworth FOSTER, Appellant, v. Forest HANNA and Other Unknown Circuit Clerks and Judges, Appellees.
Judges: Before HEANEY, ARNOLD and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 786
Pages: 1341–1342

Head Matter:
William Wentworth FOSTER, Appellant, v. Forest HANNA and Other Unknown Circuit Clerks and Judges, Appellees.
No. 85-2168.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 15, 1985.
Decided March 31, 1986.
William W. Foster, pro se.
David F. Oliver, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.
Before HEANEY, ARNOLD and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
William Wentworth Foster appeals from an order of the district court for the Western District of Missouri dismissing his pro se civil rights action for failure to pay the first installment of a $56.48 partial filing fee imposed as a condition for granting Foster leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The propriety of the partial filing fee requirement presently used in the district courts for the Western District of Missouri has been analyzed and disapproved, in part, in an opinion we announced today, In Re: Jewell Williamson, 786 F.2d 1336 (8th Cir.1986). As the issue in this case is identical, we reverse and remand for a hearing and imposition of a fee, if justified, consistent with the standards set forth in Williamson.