Legal Opinion
Harry Franklin v. Ms. Murphy and Hoyt Cupp
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 23, 1984No. 83-3939 to 83-3978PublishedCited by 3,201 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a district court’s dismissal of 41 actions filed by Harry Franklin, a prisoner pro se. To dispose of Franklin’s appeal we must decide whether the district court erred by dismissing Franklin’s in forma pauperis actions as frivolous before issuing a summons and whether a court may dismiss as frivolous an in forma pauperis complaint that states a cause of action. We hold that a court may dismiss a frivolous in forma pauperis action before service of process pursuant to the in forma pauperis statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). We also define a frivolous…
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