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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Wood, in chambers, grants the prisoner's motion for leave to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis. The district court did not adequately consider the balance the Prison Litigation Reform Act struck between the need to collect fees and a prisoner’s discretionary use of his funds. Even if the prisoner spent his money at the prison commissary instead of on court fees, there is nothing to suggest he deliberately depleted his account to avoid payment.
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