Legal Opinion

Frederick Lynwood Foley v. Ms. C. Fix Sergeant Santiago Ms. Swisher

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided February 4, 1997No. 95-8587PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sanctions imposed by published per curiam opinion.

OPINION

2Per curiam

This court goes to great lengths to ensure that its doors are open to all appellants, particularly those who proceed in forma, pauperis. However, when one party repeatedly brings frivolous appeals in abuse of our processes, he burdens this court’s ability to provide a fair and speedy process to those with legitimate appeals. Frederick Lynwopd Foley, an inmate in the Augusta Correctional Center (ACC), has now brought his twenty-third appeal in this court in just over a year. The one characteristic that all of these appeals have in common…

3Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Whitaker v. Superior Court of Cal., San Francisco Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Shieh v. KakitaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  4. Attwood v. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. Bast v. Cohen, Dunn & Sinclair, PCCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995

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4Cited by36 opinions

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