Court Opinion

ID: 9479513
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 07:20:36.875401+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:47:05.598047
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FARRIS, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I would affirm but Neitzke v. Williams, — U.S. -, 109 S.Ct. 1827, 1830-31, 104 L.Ed.2d 338 (1989) requires the result that we reach.
Upon remand, the district court may dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule 12(b)(6). The result will be the same but Neitzke requires a more restricted standard when the dismissal is based upon frivolousness under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). As the Supreme Court held in Neitzke:
The question presented is whether the complaint filed in forma pauperis which fails to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) is automatically frivolous within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). The answer, we hold, is no.
Neitzke v. Williams, — U.S. -, 109 S.Ct. 1827, 1829, 104 L.Ed.2d 338 (1989).
*642I am compelled therefore, to join the majority.