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ADEPEGBA v. HAMMONS

No. 95-31249.

103 F.3d 383 (1996)

Valentino B. ADEPEGBA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Billy G. HAMMONS, Individually and in his official capacity as special agent assigned to F C I Oakdale; John L. Nixon, Individually and in his official capacity as acting supervisory special agent at F C I Oakdale, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valentino B. Adepegba, Marksville, LA, pro se.

Before BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Valentino Adepegba, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court's dismissal of his in forma pauperis civil rights action as frivolous. His appeal raises several issues of first impression in this circuit regarding new in forma pauperis provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act.

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Adepegba is a Nigerian citizen who entered the United States legally in 1982. While in the United States, Adepegba...

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