Legal Opinion
Booker v. Koonce
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1993No. 92-4226PublishedCited by 212 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Jimmy Sol Booker, proceeding pro se and in forma pawperis filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against the City of Wills Point, Texas, several of its police officers, and the local district attorney, claiming illegal detention, false arrest, wrongful imprisonment, and malicious prosecution. Following a Spears 1 hearing, the parties filed reciprocal motions for summary judgment. The magistrate judge recommended that Booker’s complaint be dismissed with prejudice as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) because “the Plaintiff has little or no chance of prevailing on the merits of his…
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