Evans v. Croom

How later courts describe this case

• approving use of prior six months’ deposits as base for calculating reasonable partial filing fee
• substantially upholding a similar district court order for flexibly-administered modest partial payment of court costs by prisoners suing in forma pauperis
• “A prisoner is assured of the necessities of life, housing, food, clothing and medical care at state expense. His financial needs are thus not similar to those of a person in ordinary life.”
• monetary amount permissible factor in offense severity rating
• witness was personally hostile to defendant