Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist
← 738 F.3d 607 - Blakely v. Wards

Blakely v. Wards’s Empirical Analysis

738 F.3d 607 · 2013

Citation profile

24
cited by 24 later decisions
2
states following
July 2025
most recently cited

6 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915A · 42 U.S.C. § 1997E

Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Gideon v. Wainwright · Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · Bounds v. Smith

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “summary judgment dismissal stating on its face that the dismissed action was frivolous, malicious, or failed to state a claim counts as a strike for purposes of [ 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (g) ].”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “an action's dismissal as frivolous, malicious, or failing to state a claim, and not the case's procedural posture at dismissal, determines whether the dismissal constitutes a strike.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “prisoner generally may not proceed in forma pauperis but rather must pay up-front all filing fees for his subsequent suits” when the prisoner”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.