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Type
Opinion
Author
Jeffrey S. Sutton
Filed
March 4, 2019
Case
Timmie Cole, Sr. v. J. Ray Ormond
Case status
Decided

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SUTTON, Circuit Judge. Indigent individuals may seek permission in the district court to appeal adverse judgments without prepayment of appellate filing fees. At issue in today's five consolidated cases, each filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 , is whether distric…

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