United States Third Circuit

Section 804(a)(5) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C.S 1915(e)(2), warrants that inadequately drafted in forma pauperis complaints may be dismissed without granting leave to amend only if an amendment would be inequitable or futile.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/07/2002
• Published 06/07/2002

Judges

• Before:  SCIRICA, AMBRO and GIBSON, Circuit Judges .

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy Winkelman,J. Denny Shupe (Argued), Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellant., Richard A. Olderman, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Counsel for Intervenor United States of America.


• For Appellees:
  
• John G. Knorr, III, Calvin R. Koons, J. Bart DeLone (Argued), Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice, Harrisburg, PA, Counsel for Appellees Mayview State Hospital and Camp Hill Prison., David W. Gray, Jeanette H. Ho (Argued), Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellee Allegheny County Jail.