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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
Filed under: Work Release, Transfers, Filing Fees (PLRA), Civil Procedure, Frivolous Litigation, Service, Local Rules. Location: Nebraska.
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 …

 

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