What is the definition of a "frivolous" claim?
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The following excerpt is from Yerikyan v. Ambati, Case No.: 1:14-cv-01567-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2015):
frivolous "when the facts alleged arise 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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