Alan Onstad v. Mary Wilkinson

Alan Onstad appeals the district court’s 1 preservice dismissal, with prejudice, of his amended 42 U.S.C. § 1988 complaint, essentially asserting that he was wrongfully denied in forma pauperis (IFP) status in state court, which prevented him from bringing a conditions-of-confmement case in state court. Upon careful de novo review, we conclude that the dismissal was proper. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A (in civil action in which prisoner seeks redress from governmental entity or officer or employee of governmental entity, court shall review complaint as soon as practicable and dismiss it if it is…