Legal Opinion
McKinley Dale Thomas v. Ted Kippermann
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1988No. 87-6048PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant McKinley Dale Thomas moves this Court for leave to appeal in forma pauperis from the district court’s dismissal, following an evidentiary hearing, of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit. Such leave will be granted if the appeal raises an issue of arguable merit, that is, if the appeal is not frivolous. Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983); Jackson v. Dallas Police Dept., 811 F.2d 260, 261 (5th Cir.1986).
Thomas brought this pro se § 1983 civil rights suit against Officer Ben Norman of the Houston Police Department, Mr. Ted Kippermann, owner of a pawn shop in Houston,…
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