Jeffery D. Williams v. Department of Corrections

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• explaining “sua sponte dismissal [is] appropriate ... where [it is] ‘patently obvious’ that [the] plaintiff cannot prevail on alleged facts, and [an] opportunity to amend would be futile.” (citation omitted)
• explaining “sua sponte dismissal [is] appropriate -10- . . . where [it is] ‘patently obvious’ that [the] plaintiff cannot prevail on alleged facts, and [an] opportunity to amend would be futile.” (citation omitted)
• reversed and remanded for consideration of inferred retaliation claim based on allegation that correctional officer put leg irons on too tightly because of his displeasure with plaintiff’s participation in a hearing

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