Joseph Brown v. Sage

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• noting a district court's discretion to evaluate a plaintiffs application to proceed in forma pauperis and screen the complaint \in either order\
• discussing mandatory but flexible language of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), which mandates that ‘a court shall dismiss the case at any time if ... the action or appeal (i) is frivolous or malicious; (ii) fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted; or (iii

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  Third Circuit· 2020-04-27· cited 1,180×
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  Second Circuit· 2025-08-11

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Neitzke v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-01· cited 22,300×
• Jones v. Bock
  Supreme Court· 2007-01-22· cited 10,443×
• Denton v. Hernandez
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-04· cited 9,936×
• Darryl McGore v. Gene L. Wrigglesworth, Chief Sheriff Richard Chinelli, Administrator Ingham County Sheriff's Department
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-06-11· cited 5,495×
• Ross v. Blake
  Supreme Court· 2016-06-06· cited 4,310×
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
  Supreme Court· 2000-03-28· cited 1,963×
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-28· cited 1,222×
• Coleman v. Tollefson
  Supreme Court· 2015-05-18· cited 1,183×
• Bobby Ford v. Donald Johnson
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-03-24· cited 1,001×
• Melvin P. Deutsch v. United States
  Third Circuit· 1995-10-12· cited 687×
• Debro S. Abdul-Akbar v. Roderick R. Mckelvie
  Third Circuit· 2001-01-29· cited 592×
• O'NEAL v. Price
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-07-14· cited 575×
• Harris v. Garner
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-06-27· cited 388×
• Bruce v. Samuels
  Supreme Court· 2016-01-12· cited 321×
• Donald Urrutia v. Harrisburg County Police Dept. Sean McCormack Asst. D.A. Denis Thomason, Donald Urrutia
  Third Circuit· 1996-07-29· cited 209×
• Ernest Lee Vaden v. K. Summerhill R.L. Gower St. Andre Chapman W.A. Duncan
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-06-06· cited 207×
• Roller v. Gunn
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-02-19· cited 187×
• Roman v. Jeffes
  Third Circuit· 1990-06-08· cited 185×
• Haddrick Byrd v. Robert Shannon
  Third Circuit· 2013-04-25· cited 168×
• Buchheit v. Green
  Tenth Circuit· 2012-11-27· cited 159×

Other cases named Joseph Brown v. Sage

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Joseph Brown v. Sage
  Third Circuit· 2018-12-14