CROATAN BOOKS, INC.

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VIRGINIA

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• Woodall v. Foti, 648 F.2d 268 (5th Cir. 1981)
  …r to service of process if it determines the complaint to be frivolous or malicious and spare the defendant the inconvenience and expense of answering a frivolous complaint. See Mitchell v. Beauboef, 581 F. 2d 412, 416 (5th Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 966, 99 S.Ct. 2416, 60 L.Ed.2d 1072 (1979); Watson v. Ault, 525 F. 2d 886, 891-92 (5th Cir. 1976). Although the district court substantially complied with this procedure, it prematurely decided that Woodall’s complaint should be dismissed as frivolous.…
• Alicea v. Gagnon, 675 F.2d 913 (7th Cir. 1982)
  …a defendant’s right to testify in his own behalf.16 Further evidence that the precedential force of Sims on this point has eroded can be found in several recent federal cases. In Ashe v. North Carolina, 586 F. 2d 334 (4th Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 966, 99 S.Ct. 2416, 60 L.Ed.2d 1072 (1979), the Fourth Circuit cited Harris v. New York, 401 U.S. 222, 91 S.Ct. 643, 28 L.Ed.2d 1 (1971), as establishing a defendant’s constitutional right to testify in his own behalf. 586 F. 2d at 336 n.3. Prior to Ash…
• Pace v. Evans, 709 F.2d 1428 (11th Cir. 1983)
  …aith. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915(d) provides: “The court ... may dismiss the case if the allegation of poverty is untrue, or if satisfied that the action is frivolous or malicious.” See Mitchell v. Beauboeuf, 581 F. 2d 412,416 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 966, 99 S.Ct. 2416, 60 L.Ed.2d 1072 (1979). A prisoner complaint is frivolous under section 1915(d) if it is without arguable merit. Watson v. Ault, 525 F. 2d 886, 892 (5th Cir.1976). [I]n evaluating the legal sufficiency of a complaint for purposes of…