Legal Opinion
Paul Nagy v. Fmc Butner
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 21, 2004No. 03-6736PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge DUNCAN joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to decide whether a district court may consider the value of a prisoner’s claim when determining whether to dismiss it as frivolous under the in forma pauperis statute. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)® (2000). Appellant Paul Nagy, an inmate at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Butner, North Carolina, claims that the institution’s laundry service lost his twenty-five dollar sweat suit while it was being cleaned. Nagy brought an…
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