What is considered a frivolous claim?
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The following excerpt is from Rubio v. Ramirez, Case No.: 1:13-cv-0199-LJO-JLT (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2013):
payment of any filing fee. Id. A claim is frivolous "when the facts alleged rise to the level of the irrational or the wholly incredible, whether or not there are judicially noticeable facts available to contradict them." Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 32-33 (1992).
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