Bruce v. Samuels (577 U.S. 1021)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided January 12, 2016 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 577 U.S. 1021 · 135 S. Ct. 2833
- Decided
- January 12, 2016
- Term
- October Term 2015
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Ginsburg
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2015 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus BRUCE v. SAMUELS ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 14–844. Argued November 4, 2015—Decided January 12, 2016 The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides that prisoners quali- fied to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) must nonetheless pay an ini- tial partial filing fee, set as “20 percent of the greater of ” the average monthly deposits in the prisoner’s account or the average monthly balance of the account over the preceding six months. 28 U.S. C . §1915(b)(1). They must then pay the remainder of the fee in monthly installments of “20 percent of the preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s account.” §1915(b)(2). The initial partial fee is as- sessed on a per-case basis, i.e., each time the prisoner files a lawsuit. The initial payment may not be exacted if the prisoner has no means to pay it, §1915(b)(4), and no monthly installments are required un-…
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