Clark Lee Smith v. Julian Boyd Laverta Barns Gloria Blocker Dav Kovac

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• holding that a district court can issue sua sponte 12(b)(6) dismissal so long as dismissal does not precede service of process
• holding that a district court may sua sponte dismiss a claim if the claim obviously fails and dismissal does not precede service of process
• holding that a district court sua sponte may dismiss a complaint under Rule 12(b)(6) if the 81 (8th Cir. 2019) (Erickson, J., concurring
• holding that a district court may dismiss a complaint under Rule 12(b)(6) sua sponte if the dismissal does not precede service of process
• holding that “a district court sua sponte may dismiss a complaint under Rule 12(b)(6
• holding that the plaintiff’s denial-of-social-services claim fails to allege a constitutional violation

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