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· 10/11/1920

Mankin v. Bartley

Citations

  • 254 U.S. 631
  • 65 L. Ed. 448
  • 41 S. Ct. 7
  • 1920 U.S. LEXIS 1330

How courts have described this case

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  • reviewing de novo a circuit court’s sua sponte dismissal of an inmate’s claim pursuant to West Virginia Code § 25-1A-4
  • construing pre-screening pursuant to West Virginia Code § 25-1A-4 as discretionary
  • “The order of the circuit court in the instant ease does not meet [the Lilly ] standard — there is simply a boilerplate reference to the statutory language. However, we conclude that no purpose would be served by a remand under the facts of the instant case.”

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