![Supreme Court declines to expand prisoner litigants’ ability to waive filing fee](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/06/prisoner_1591659385.jpg)
The US Supreme Court rejected an argument Monday that would have expanded a prisoner’s ability to file lawsuit without paying a filing fee. Prisoner litigants often bring lawsuits in forma pauperis (IFP), or without a filing fee. The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) declares that prisoners are not able to acquire this status if they [...]