Coleman v. Tollefson
| Coleman v. Tollefson | |
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| Argued February 23, 2015 Decided May 18, 2015 | |
| Full case name | Andre Lee Coleman, aka Andre Lee Coleman-Bey, Petitioner v. Todd Tollefson et al. |
| Docket no. | 13-1333 |
| Citations | 575 U.S. 532 (more) 135 S. Ct. 1759; 191 L. Ed. 2d 803 |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 733 F.3d 175 (6th Cir. 2013); cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 43 (2014). |
| Holding | |
| 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) prevents prisoners from proceeding in forma pauperis if three previous lawsuits have been dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, even if an appeal is pending for one of those suits. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Breyer, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| 28 U.S.C. § 1915 | |
Coleman v. Tollefson, 575 U.S. 532 (2015), is a United States Supreme Court case dealing with a prisoner's inability to file lawsuits in forma pauperis after filing 3 lawsuits which are dismissed because they are "frivolous, malicious, or [fail] to state a claim upon which relief may be granted."