Abass Yaya Bamba v. United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Whether a federal court may constitutionally dismiss a civil rights complaint solely for inability to pay filing fees, in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and constitutional guarantees of access to the courts and equal protection.

Whether the Tenth Circuit may constitutionally deny review of a district court’s dismissal for failure to pay filing fees, where such dismissal effectively denies access to the courts despite 28 U.S.C. § 1915.

Whether denial of in forma pauperis status based solely on homeownership, despite demonstrated financial hardship, violates the Due Process Clause and equal access to justice.

Whether systemic judicial denial of in forma pauperis status without substantive findings constitutes abuse of discretion infringing the First and Fourteenth Amendments.