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· 5/4/1992

Denton v. Hernandez

Citations

  • 504 U.S. 25
  • 112 S. Ct. 1728
  • 118 L. Ed. 2d 340
  • 1992 U.S. LEXIS 2689

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  • holding 18 “a finding of factual frivolousness is appropriate when the facts alleged rise to the level of the 19 irrational or the wholly incredible”
  • “finding of factual frivolousness is appropriate when the facts alleged rise to the level of 14 the irrational or the wholly incredible, whether or not there are judicially noticeable facts 15 available to contradict them”
  • “[A] finding of 28 factual frivolousness is appropriate when the facts alleged rise to the level of the irrational or the 1 | wholly incredible ....”’
  • “a finding of factual 25 frivolousness is appropriate when the facts alleged rise to the level of the irrational or the wholly 26 incredible, whether or not there are judicially noticeable facts available to contradict them”
  • “a finding of factual 25 frivolousness is appropriate when the facts alleged rise to the level of the irrational or the wholly 26 incredible, whether or not there are judicially noticeable facts available to contradict them”
  • “a finding of factual 21 frivolousness is appropriate when the facts alleged rise to the level of the irrational or the wholly 22 incredible, whether or not there are judicially noticeable facts available to contradict them”

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Judges: O'Connor, Rehnquist, White, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Stevens, Blackmun

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