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· 10/9/1998

White v. Colorado

Citations

  • 157 F.3d 1226
  • 1998 Colo. J. C.A.R. 5280
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 24933

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that ifp status is not a fundamental right and that §1915(g) is rationally related to the legitimate end of deterring frivolous lawsuits
  • concluding that plaintiff “failed to raise a credible allegation that he is in imminent danger of serious physical harm” where plaintiff did not specify “even the general nature of his ‘serious physical injury’ ”
  • concluding that plaintiff “failed to raise a credible allegation that he is in imminent danger of serious physical harm” where plaintiff did not specify “even the general nature of his ‘serious physical injury’ ”
  • finding that vague and conclusory assertions regarding withheld medical treatment were insufficient to satisfy the imminent danger standard
  • clarifying that “vague and utterly conclusory assertions” are insufficient but “credible, uncontroverted allegations of physical threats and attacks” are sufficient
  • stating that “vague and utterly conclusory assertions” of harm are insufficient to establish 8 imminent danger of serious physical harm under § 1915(g)

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