Davis v. Shanahan

Davis v. Shanahan

Plaintiff:	Damion Davis
Defendant:	Kevin M. Shanahan
Case Number:	3:2015cv00145
Filed:	January 22, 2015
Court:	US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Office:	Scranton Office
County:	Dauphin
Presiding Judge:	JV
Presiding Judge:	Richard P. Conaboy
Nature of Suit:	Civil Rights
Cause of Action:	42 U.S.C. § 1983
Jury Demanded By:	None

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January 28, 2015	Filing 6 MEMORANDUM (Order to follow as separate docket entry)ConclusionSince Plaintiff's complaint is "based on an indisputably meritless legal theory," it will be dismissed, without prejudice, as legally frivolous. Wilson, 878 F.2d at 774. Under the circumstances, the court is confident that service of process is not only unwarranted, but would waste the increasingly scarce judicial resources that § 1915 is designed to preserve. See Roman, 904 F.2d at 195 n. 3. An appropriate Order will enter.Signed by Honorable Richard P. Conaboy on 1/28/15. (cc)

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January 28, 2015

Filing 6 MEMORANDUM (Order to follow as separate docket entry)ConclusionSince Plaintiff's complaint is "based on an indisputably meritless legal theory," it will be dismissed, without prejudice, as legally frivolous. Wilson, 878 F.2d at 774. Under the circumstances, the court is confident that service of process is not only unwarranted, but would waste the increasingly scarce judicial resources that § 1915 is designed to preserve. See Roman, 904 F.2d at 195 n. 3. An appropriate Order will enter.Signed by Honorable Richard P. Conaboy on 1/28/15. (cc)

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