Legal Opinion
Eugene Malone v. Gail Colyer, Sheriff of Greene County
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1983No. 82-5472PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to determine the meaning of “frivolous” as used in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) and whether the district court properly dismissed the plaintiff’s suit as frivolous pursuant to that section. Eugene Malone, a pro se complainant, sued the Greene County, Tennessee Board of Commissioners and Greene County Sheriff Gail Colyer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking in-junctive and monetary relief. Malone alleged that the defendants violated his constitutional rights during his two month pretrial confinement by failing to maintain the jail in a safe, sanitary,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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