Johnson v. Cortez

Summary

The court denied the prisoners’ motions to proceed in forma pauperis because they did not show that their appeal presented a nonfrivolous issue. Their failure to meaningfully challenge the dismissal of their complaint meant that the appeal lacked arguable merit and was dismissed as frivolous. The district-court dismissal and appellate dismissal were counted as strikes under the prisoner-litigation statute, and both prisoners were warned about the consequences of accumulating three strikes.