That's Not Pocket Change
Do you know how much it costs to have a case be appealed in a federal court of appeal? In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1913, that cost is $500. Not a lot but when you don't have it, it's a whole lot of what you don't have. Now, with all that it costs to take a case to appeal, imagine, if you will, you are sitting in your house, door closed, and the police knock on your front door. Little, piggie, little piggie, let me come in they shout. You say, "No dice, go away." Your roommate, who is outside the house, tells the police that they can go in. You, again, insist that no, the police can't come in. Police ignore you, they break a window to reach the inside lock, open the door, taser you to the floor and start to search for contraband inside your house. Sound like fun? Well, Ryan Bonivert didn't and after the police did all that to him, he filed a case against the City of Clarkston , the County of Asotin and t...