John E. Dawson v. M.C. Lennon, Warden’s Empirical Analysis
797 F.2d 934 · 1986
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably Mathis v. New York Life Insurance (1998), Matthews v. Gaither (1990)
14 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on State Exchange Bank v. Hartline · Harris v. Cuyler · Ross v. Boomer · Thompson v. Carlson
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Dawson’s behavior in attempting to claim indigent status while failing to draw the court’s attention to previous authoritative determinations of his lack of indigency is sufficient evidence of bad faith to support the district court’s exercise of discretion____The clear pattern of attempts to deceive the courts on his financial status in this and other cases justifies the district court’s imposition of the severe sanction of dismissal with prejudice. The district court clearly acted within its discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ross v. Fogam“The court may ... dismiss the case if the allegation of poverty is untrue, or if satisfied that the allegation is frivolous or malicious.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Matthews v. Gaither
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.