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2016 United States Supreme Court case From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bruce v. Samuels, 577 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 requires prisoners to pay twenty percent of their prior month's income for each case they file.[1] The Court rejected the petitioner's argument that prisoners were only required to pay a maximum of twenty percent of their monthly income, even if they file multiple cases.[1]
Bruce v. Samuels | |
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Argued November 4, 2015 Decided January 12, 2016 | |
Full case name | Antoine Bruce, Petitioner v. Charles E. Samuels, Jr., et al. |
Docket no. | 14–844 |
Citations | 577 U.S. ___ (more) 135 S. Ct. 2833; 192 L. Ed. 2d 874 |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Ginsburg, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 |
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg authored a unanimous decision.[2]
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