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GREEN v. CITY OF MONTEZUMA, GA.

No. 81-7096 Summary Calendar.

650 F.2d 648 (1981)

Patricia GREEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF MONTEZUMA, GEORGIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

July 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Barron, Georgia Legal Services Program, Americus, Ga., James Head, Willie Abrams, Columbus, Ga., William J. Cobb, John L. Cromartie, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Walter S. Chew, Jr., City Atty., Montezuma, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before HILL, FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, Patricia Green, sought the benefit of the in forma pauperis (IFP) statute, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915 (West 1966),1 in filing this civil rights suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1974). The district court found Green's complaint to be legally frivolous and denied her application to proceed IFP. We find the district court to have erred, and we reverse and remand.

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