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200 Ga. App. 890

Fields v. Spencer

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 9, 1991

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1991-07-09

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Decided 1991-07-09

Beasley, Judge.

¶1Plaintiff appeals from an order dismissing his complaint against defendants. The trial court granted the dismissal, with prejudice, on two grounds, one of which was that the plaintiff’s complaint under 42 USC § 1983 was frivolous. This second ground is in the nature of a judgment for failure to state a claim, OCGA § 9-11-12 (b) (6), and is not subject to OCGA § 9-11-41 (b)’s non-finality policy. The judgment, insofar as it is based on this second ground, is validly with prejudice.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

Sognier, C. J., Birdsong, P. J., Cooper and Andrews, JJ., concur. McMurray, P. J., Banke, P. J., Carley and Pope, JJ., dissent.
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