Coleman v. Tollefson

Coleman v. Tollefson
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 23, 2015
Decided May 18, 2015
Full case nameAndre Lee Coleman, aka Andre Lee Coleman-Bey, Petitioner v. Todd Tollefson et al.
Docket no.13-1333
Citations575 U.S. 532 (more)
135 S. Ct. 1759; 191 L. Ed. 2d 803
Opinion announcementOpinion announcement
Case history
Prior733 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.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinion
MajorityBreyer, 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."[1]

  1. ^ Coleman v. Tollefson, No. 13-1333, 575 U.S. ___ (2015).