Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice: 15.4.3.16 Costs and Fees in Prisoner Litigation—11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(17)
Yet another exception to the chapter 7 discharge, not applicable in chapter 13, was added by the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act, part of an omnibus budget bill enacted in 1996.739 The wording of the section was amended in 2005 to make clear that the exception is limited to costs and fees that are imposed upon prisoners who seek to file actions in forma pauperis in federal courts.