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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 50 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Cleveland Hicks, Jr. v. Jack M. Garner, Etc..

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Cleveland Hicks, Jr. v. Jack M. Garner, Etc. Anchor
ca5 · 1995
green “clearly baseless, a category encompassing allegations that are 'fanciful,' 'fantastic,' and 'delusional.” 20
2 Robert Davis v. Wayne Scott, Director v. Unidentified Dawson, Correction Officer III Unidentified Crowder, Correction Officer, III
ca5 · 1998
green “clearly baseless, a category encompassing allegations that are 'fanciful,' 'fantastic,' and 'delusional.” 14
3 Berry v. Brady
ca5 · 1999
green “if it is based on an indisputably meritless legal theory, such as if the complaint alleges the violation of a legal interest which clearly does not exist.” 10
4 Dennis Wayne Wilson v. Enrique M. Barrientos, Terry W. Huntsberry v. Byrd
ca5 · 1991
green “dismissal under 1915 is 'often made sua sponte prior to the issuance of process, so as to spare the prospective defendants the inconvenience and expense of answering such complaints.” 6

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