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· 4/12/1990

Terry L. Battle v. Central State Hospital

Citations

  • 898 F.2d 126
  • 1990 WL 33242

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying a previous version of § 1915 to discern “allegations that are contradicted by other allegations in the complaint” may also constitute grounds for dismissal of a claim as “clearly baseless”
  • “allegations that are contradicted by other allegations in the complaint may also constitute grounds for dismissal”
  • “[A]llegations of excessive and unnecessary medication administered after the patient’s objections to the treatment implicate eighth amendment concerns.”

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Judges: Johnson, Anderson, Clark

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