Willard Barrett Wilson v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

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• holding that in forma pauperis actions may be dismissed as frivolous when the allegations duplicate the claims previously dismissed
• explaining that the Constitution neither mandates comfortable prisons nor provides protection from conditions that are merely unpleasant or uncomfortable
• noting that new facts can constitute a new cause of action if the new facts are significant and create new legal conditions
• noting that the Constitution does not protect prisoners from “discomfort and inconvenience” and that prisoners “cannot expect the amenities, conveniences, and services of a good hotel”
• “[C]omplaints may be dismissed ... when they seek to relitigate claims which allege substan- tially the same facts. . . which have already been unsuccess- fully litigated.”
• “[C]omplaints may be dismissed as frivolous pursuant to § 1915(d) when they seek to relitigate claims which allege substantially the same facts arising from a common series of events which have already been unsuccessfully litigated by the IFP plaintiff.’”

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