Legal Opinion
Bilal Muhammad Ali v. Max Higgs
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1990No. 89-1981PublishedCited by 274 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff, Bilal Muhammad Ali, appeals from the district court’s dismissal without prejudice, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d), of his civil rights complaint filed in forma pauperis and pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For reasons different from those relied upon by the district court, we affirm the dismissal but modify it so that it is a dismissal with prejudice.
The instant complaint was filed in 1989 and concerns events related to a 1982 arrest. The district court dismissed on the ground that since Ali was still in custody for a conviction arising out of that arrest,…
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