Kossie v. Crain
District Court, S.D. Texas
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
BRIAN L. OWSLEY, United States Magistrate Judge.
This case was filed as a civil rights action by a state prisoner pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act, Pub. L. No. 104-134, 10 Stat. 1321 (1996), any prisoner action brought under federal law must be dismissed if the complaint is frivolous, malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant immune from such relief. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(c); 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2), 1915A. Plaintiffs action is subject to screening regardless whether…
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