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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 22 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from William A. Dupree v. R. W. Palmer.

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1 William A. Dupree v. R. W. Palmer Anchor
ca11 · 2002
green “the purpose of the plra is to curtail abusive prisoner litigation.” 8
2 Waseem Daker v. Timothy Ward
ca11 · 2021
green “to satisfy this exception, the prisoner must show he is in imminent danger at the time that he seeks to file his suit in district court.” 8
3 Medberry v. Butler
ca11 · 1999
green “prisoner's allegation that he faced imminent danger sometime in the past is an insufficient basis to allow him to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to the imminent danger exception to 1915(g).” 6

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