Court Opinion

ID: 9474958
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 05:13:22.044064+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:44:25.535716
License: Public Domain

CLARK, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur with the majority opinion with one reservation. The opinion on pages 1072 and 1073 lists limitations and preconditions upon a person’s right of access to the court. Certain ones have been advanced by other courts and others are suggested anew by the opinion. By listing these limitations, the majority impliedly authorizes their use so long as they are not applied in a manner to deny access to the courts.
I construe the underlined portion of the following limitation as an unconstitutional denial of access and the right to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915(d):
permittpng] abusive prisoner litigants to file in forma pauperis only claims alleging actual or threatened physical harm; and requiring payment of a filing fee to bring other claims;
In every other respect I agree with the majority opinion.