Rollins v. Murphy

ORDER

Two weeks after Rodney Rollins filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for unlawful arrest, the district court dismissed it for want of prosecution and denied his request for leave to appear in forma pau-peris. We conclude that the district court abused its discretion in ending the suit so soon, but because part of the suit is frivolous, we affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.

According .to Rollins, while he was in municipal court defending against a traffic charge, he was arrested for raising a sovereign-citizen defense. The judge angrily *450rejected the defense and told Rollins not…