Billy Roy Tyler v. City of Milwaukee

Plaintiff filed a pro se complaint in the district court, alleging that his constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested unlawfully by officers of the Milwaukee Police Department. Tyler attached to his complaint an affidavit in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis. The district court, noting that court records indicated that Tyler had filed a number of frivolous lawsuits in recent years, ordered plaintiff to appear at a hearing to elaborate on his factual allegations before it would permit filing of the complaint in forma pauperis. Following the hearing, the court…