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No Frivolousness Review Allowed When Filing Fee Paid
Loaded on June 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1997, page 20
The court of appeals for the eighth circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed portions of a pro se prisoner's complaint after the filing fee had been paid. The lower court also erred when it instructed the defendants not to respond to the suit unless instructed to ...
Filed under:
Work Release,
Transfers,
Filing Fees (PLRA),
Civil Procedure,
Frivolous Litigation,
Service,
Local Rules.
Location:
Nebraska.
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