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SPARKS v. FULLER

Nos. 74-1290, 74-1213, 74-1267.

506 F.2d 1238 (1974)

Michael SPARKS et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Ronald FULLER, etc., Respondent-Appellee. Ashley A. FLAGG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph C. VITEK, etc., Respondent-Appellee. Michael J. CRONIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald FULLER, etc., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Sparks, Lawrence D. Conklin and Ashley A. Flagg, on brief pro se.

Warren B. Rudman, Atty. Gen., David W. Hess, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Gregory H. Smith, Concord, N. H., on brief for respondents-appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The court takes the occasion of these three appeals from dismissal of prisoner complaints to indicate the kind of frivolous claim which, to the extent that it occupies the time of courts, can only impede the consideration of substantial claims. It is clear that the district court in each of these cases was correct in its treatment of the pro se claim.

We are cognizant of the importance of smaller liberties in the prison context, Palmigiano v. Baxter...

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