Joseph Carroll v. Paul A. Gross, Sr., Bette Ellen Quial, Patricia A. Seitz

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• holding that a case is frivolous under the IFP statute when it appears that the plaintiff has little or no chance of success
• concluding that such a certification is warranted if an appeal’s “legal theories are indisputably meritless.”
• holding that members of the Florida Bar attorney grievance committees were entitled to absolute immunity because they were acting as agents of the Florida Supreme Court
• holding that a case is frivolous for IFP purposes if, at any stage of the proceedings, it appears the plaintiff “has little or no chance of success”
• holding that a case is frivolous for IFP purposes if, at any stage of the proceedings, it appears the plaintiff “has little or no chance of success”
• holding that claims are frivolous if it is apparent “from the face of the complaint that the factual allegations are ‘clearly baseless’ or that the legal theories are ‘indisputably meritless”

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