Statute treatment: 28 U.S.C. § 1915

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 319,584 citation events across 128,716 distinct cases.

319,584citations total

128,716distinct interpreting cases

248distinct courts

224,036citations in last 5y

1948–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 O'NEAL v. Price (2008) ca9 562 own cites 38× in case

#2 Darryl McGore v. Gene L. Wrigglesworth, Chief Sheriff Richard Chinelli, Administrator Ingham County Sheriff's Department (1997) ca6 5,271 own cites 19× in case

#3 United States v. 30.64 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Klickitat County, State of Washington, and James Starr (1986) ca9 538 own cites 32× in case

#4 James Blakely v. Robert Wards (2013) ca4 183 own cites 44× in case

#5 United States v. Pineda-Arrellano (2007) ca5 1,005 own cites 22× in case

#6 Dawn Ball v. Famiglio (2013) ca3 818 own cites 23× in case

#7 Jimmy Walker v. J.T. O'brien, and Joseph W. Finfrock v. Craig A. Hanks (2000) ca7 907 own cites 22× in case

#8 McLean v. United States (2009) ca4 306 own cites 29× in case

#9 United States v. Christopher Simmonds (1997) ca10 394 own cites 25× in case

#10 Hagan v. Rogers (2009) ca3 475 own cites 20× in case

#11 Duane Belanus v. Phil Clark (2015) ca9 283 own cites 22× in case

#12 Rivera v. Allin (1998) ca11 354 own cites 20× in case

#13 Matthews v. United States (2006) uscfc 258 own cites 21× in case

#14 Miller v. Donald (2008) ca11 565 own cites 16× in case

#15 Jeffrey Taylor v. Delatoore, Deputy Huges, Deputy Unknown Duncan, Sgt. Rogers, Lt. Eriquez, Dr. (2002) ca9 689 own cites 15× in case

#16 In Re Prison Litigation Reform Act (1997) ca6 1,060 own cites 13× in case

#17 Jackson v. N.P. Dodge Realty Co. (2001) ned 502 own cites 16× in case

#18 Aljoe Poindexter v. Federal Bureau of Investigation (1984) cadc 72 own cites 33× in case

#19 Andrews v. Cervantes (2007) ca9 2,256 own cites 10× in case

#20 Robert Procup v. C. Strickland (1986) ca11 411 own cites 16× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.