CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Montiel v Griffith
Three strikes bar prisoner’s pauper status absent imminent danger
Decided
The citation
Montiel v Griffith, opinion of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, issued October 30, 2026 (Case No. 1:26-cv-1797)
From the case summary
State prisoner Montiel brought a § 1983 civil-rights action against Griffith and others and sought to proceed in forma pauperis. He consented to magistrate-judge jurisdiction; the defendants had not been served. The magistrate judge concluded that the unserved defendants’ consent was unnecessary. The court said…
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