Supreme Court· 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 that dismissal under Sec. 1915(d) is appropriate where affidavits supporting amended complaint indicated that the initial complaint was factually frivolous
holding that under a prior version of § 1915, “if it appears that frivolous factual allegations could be remedied through more specific pleading, a court of appeals reviewing a § 1915(d
holding that an abuse of discretion standard of review applies to a federal district court's determination that an indigent defendant's lawsuit is frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d)
holding that “finding of factual frivolousness is appropriate when the facts alleged rise to the level of the irrational or the wholly incredible”
holding that “a finding of factual frivolousness is appropriate when the facts alleged rise to the level of the irrational or the wholly incredible”
holding that claims are frivolous under section 1915 when they are “clearly baseless, a category encompassing allegations that are fanciful, fantastic, and delusional” (cleaned up)

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