Access to Justice Project, Civil Fees and Costs, Debtors’ Prison Project, Rights of Those Incarcerated or Detained
Johnson v. High Desert State Prison
What’s at Stake The case raises important questions about the impact prohibitive court filing fees have on the ability of people who are incarcerated to access the civil legal system. We are increasingly seeing court fees and other costs used to suppress people’s constitutional right to petition the courts. Summary This appeal arises from Appellants…