Legal Opinion
Floyd Spruytte v. Richard Walters and Ronald Schink
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1985No. 82-1676PublishedCited by 177 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Floyd Spruytte, an inmate at the Michigan Intensive Program Center, Marquette, appeals the district court's sua sponte dismissal of his in forma pauperis complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We reverse and remand.the case to the district court.
In Tingler v. Marshall, 716 F.2d 1109 (6th Cir.1983), we held that a district court may not sua sponte dismiss a complaint without allowing service of the complaint on the defendant and permitting the plaintiff to amend the complaint or respond to the court’s notice of intent to dismiss. Id. at 1112. The Tingler rule…
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