Colorado § 13-17.5-102.7 Successive claims

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§ 13-17.5-102.7 — Successive claims

Colorado § 13-17.5-102.7

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-17.5-102.7 (2026).

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(1)No inmate who on three or more occasions has brought a civil action based upon prison conditions that has been dismissed on the grounds that it was frivolous, groundless, or malicious or failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted or sought monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief, shall be permitted to proceed as a poor person in a civil action based upon prison conditions under any statute or constitutional provision.

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, an inmate may proceed as a poor person in a civil action if the judge finds that the action alleges sufficient facts which, if assumed to be true, would demonstrate that the inmate is in imminent danger of serious physical injury.

(3)(a) A copy of any co

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(1) No inmate who on three or more
occasions has brought a civil action based upon prison conditions that has been
dismissed on the grounds that it was frivolous, groundless, or malicious or failed to
state a claim upon which relief may be granted or sought monetary relief from a
defendant who is immune from such relief, shall be permitted to proceed as a poor
person in a civil action based upon prison conditions under any statute or
constitutional provision.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, an inmate
may proceed as a poor person in a civil action if the judge finds that the action
alleges sufficient facts which, if assumed to be true, would demonstrate that the
inmate is in imminent danger of serious physical injury.

(3) (a) A copy of any court order that dismisses an inmate's civil action on the
grounds that it is frivolous, groundless, or malicious or fails to state a claim upon
which relief may be granted or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is
immune from such relief shall be mailed by the court clerk to the Colorado attorney
general, whether or not the attorney general entered an appearance in the civil
action, and whether or not the civil action involved a state correctional facility or
state defendant. The attorney general shall monitor the dismissals described in this
paragraph (a).

(b) The attorney general shall inform the state judicial department or the
chief judge of each judicial district whenever the attorney general becomes aware
that an inmate has been assessed three or more dismissals as described in
paragraph (a) of this subsection (3). Each judicial district shall maintain a registry of
such information. An inmate listed in the registry who brings a civil action shall be
subject to the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section.