Timothy Lee Newton v. Jeremiah Nixon

Timothy Lee Newton brought an action for damages, claiming the Missouri Attorney General had engaged in fraud when he opposed Newton’s earlier federal habeas corpus petition. The district court * viewed this action as an attempt to revive the habeas case, and dismissed the complaint. After careful review, we conclude dismissal was proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(I). Newton’s action was legally frivolous because it depended on the habeas court’s having wrongly determined his petition was time-barred. See Kelly v. Armstrong, 141 F.3d 799, 801 (8th Cir.1998) (issue preclusion).…