Ruiz v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding the federal district courts are required to dismiss any action brought by a prisoner that is frivolous, malicious, fails to state a cause of action, or seeks monetary damages from a defendant who is immune from such relief
• “[W]e hold that without proving an actual injury, a prisoner cannot prevail on an access-to-the-courts claim.”
• “[W]ithout proving an actual injury, a prisoner cannot prevail on an access-to-the- courts claim.”
• “[W]ithout proving an actual injury, a prisoner cannot prevail on an access-to-the-courts claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).