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Fourth Circuit Holds Claims Value Relevant to Frivolous Determination

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court may consider the value of the prisoner's claim when determining whether to dismiss it as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i), the in forma pauperis statute.


Federal prisoner Paul Nagy was confined at the Federal Medical Facility (FMC) in ...

 

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