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IFP Complaint Not Dismissible Sua Sponte for Failure to State a Claim

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision that a complaint filed in forma pauperis is not automatically rendered frivolous because it fails to state a claim. Litigation by an Indiana prisoner alleged Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations originating from denial of medical treatment for a ...

 

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