· 6/12/2006
Willie Simpson v. Janel Nickel
Citations
- 450 F.3d 303
- 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 14329
- 2006 WL 1585445
How courts have described this case
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- holding that if nothing the plaintiff could show would avoid summary judgment, “then dismissing the complaint instead of waiting for a Rule 56 motion was harmless error”
- explaining that district court’s suspicion that plaintiffs claim lacks merit is not legitimate ground for dismissal
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Judges: Easterbrook, Wood, Sykes
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