Does a plaintiff have a constitutional right to petition the government to bring a wholly frivolous claim?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Gonzales, H032866, No. 211111 (Cal. App. 2010):
Here, defendant has failed to cite any authority showing that the constitutional right of an involuntarily committed person to petition the government includes a right to present a wholly frivolous claim. Indeed, "[d]epriving someone of a frivolous claim... deprives him of nothing at all[.]" (Lewis v. Casey, supra, 518 U.S. at p. 353, fn. 3.)
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