William Clyde Wright v. B. J. Rhay, Superintendent of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, Washington

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• screening under IFP statute proper if same complaint filed with payment of fees could be dismissed sua sponte for frivolousness
• “ * * * the District Court was authorized to deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis at the outset if it appeared from the face of the proposed complaint that the action was frivolous”

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