Legal Opinion
Robert L. Cole v. Lavern Smith, Bernard Danner and Allen Vogel
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 26, 1965No. 17737_1PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIDGE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, a prisoner in the Minnesota State Prison, was granted leave to file a complaint in forma pauperis, asserting a claim against appellees for damages under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C., § 1981 et seq. 1 Appellees are hospital aides, employed at the Minnesota Security Hospital, St. Peter, Minnesota. Four additional functionaries of that Hospital were also named as co-defendants in appellant’s complaint, but, the District Court considered the allegations thereof to be so patently frivolous, leave was denied to assert any claim in forma pauperis against those…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Dowd v. United States Ex Rel. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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- United States ex rel. Miller v. TwomeyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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