Legal Opinion
Cochran v. Morris
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1996No. 94-6014PublishedCited by 472 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the majority opinion, in which Judges RUSSELL, WIDENER, HALL, WILKINS, NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, LUTTIG, AND WILLIAMS joined. Judge MICHAEL wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Judge ERVIN and Judges MURNAGHAN and MOTZ joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
We granted en bane review in this case to consider whether the district court properly dismissed appellant Dennis Wayne Cochran’s in forma pauperis complaint. Because we find that the court dismissed Cochran’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d), its judgment is entitled to great…
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