Booker v. Koonce

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that “[a] claim against a defendant who is immune from suit is frivolous because it is based upon an indisputably meritless legal theory”
• emphasizing that the claim must truly lack merit, such as where the defendant has immunity to suit
• applying Section 1915 to non-prisoner, former arrestee who claimed wrongful arrest and affirming dismissal under Section 1915
• noting dismissal of claims with “some chance” of success is inappropriate at screening stage but affirming dismissal where pro se plaintiff’s claim “[was] based upon an indisputably meritless legal theory”
• noting dismissal of claims with \some chance\ of success is inappropriate at screening stage but affirming dismissal where pro se plaintiff's claim \[was] based upon an indisputably meritless legal theory\
• noting dismissal of claims with \some chance\ of success is inappropriate at screening stage but affirming dismissal where pro se plaintiff's claim \[was] based upon an indisputably meritless legal theory\

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