Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Evans v. Croom

454 U.S. 1153

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1982-01-11
Topic
general

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.” | “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 | witness was personally hostile to defendant

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C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.