Legal Opinion
Fries v. Barnes
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 10, 1980No. 705, Docket 79-2219PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
A district court is empowered by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) to dismiss sua sponte a pro se civil rights complaint as frivolous on its face, Boag v. Boies, 455 F.2d 467 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 408 U.S. 926, 92 S.Ct. 2509, 33 L.Ed.2d 338 (1972); Urbano v. Sondern, 41 F.R.D. 355 (D.Conn.1966), aff’d, 370 F.2d 13, 14 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 386 U.S. 1034, 87 S.Ct. 1485, 18 L.Ed.2d 596 (1967); United States ex rel. Masucci v. Follette, 272 F.Supp. 563 (S.D.N.Y.1967). Nevertheless, we have repeatedly cautioned against use of this procedure where the complaint, which must be…
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