Phillips v. Mashburn

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1984-11-15

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PER CURIAM: Benjamin Franklin Phillips, an Alabama state prisoner, brings this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) action in forma pauperis against a state court judge and the attorneys who represented him in a state court criminal proceeding before another judge. The district court, acting upon a magistrate’s recommendation, summarily dismissed the action as frivolous before service of process on t…

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