Jarvis Lee Tolefree v. Richard D. Cudahy

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• noting that it is self-contradictory to grant leave to appeal in forma pauperis when the same complaint was dismissed for being frivolous
• “[T]he granting of leave to appeal in forma pauperis from the dismissal of a frivolous suit is presumptively erroneous and indeed self‐contradictory.”
• district judges should not grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal to plaintiffs whom they have denied leave to proceed in forma pauperis without a statement of reasons

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