(DOWNLOAD) "Weaver V. Toombs" by United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Weaver V. Toombs
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 06, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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Plaintiffs, Ronald Weaver, Leo McKaye, and Morris Martin, prisoners at a Michigan penal facility, Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility (IMCF), instituted a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deprivation of various constitutional rights against defendants--three lower officials and the warden of IMCF--as well as the Director of the Department of Corrections. The magistrate granted plaintiffs' motion to proceed in forma pauperis from the outset. After defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, the district court dismissed the case in a written opinion, finding no set of facts upon which relief could be granted to any of the plaintiffs against any defendant. The plaintiffs appealed the district court decision of December 6, 1989, proceeding in forma pauperis, in this court. The judgment was affirmed on October 11, 1990, 915 F.2d 1574. The defendants then made a motion in this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and Fed. R. App. P. 39(a) for an order taxing costs in the amount of $128 against plaintiffs and allowing the costs to be satisfied by direct resort to plaintiffs' prison accounts. We have appointed counsel for plaintiffs to determine the propriety of the assessment and direct collection of such costs without further court intervention.