Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 355 U.S. 41, 47 416 U.S. 232, 236-237 428 U.S. 153, 173 429 U.S. 97, 104-106 430 U.S. 651, 671-672 436 U.S. 658, 690 452 U.S. 337, 349 457 U.S. 800, 818 468 U.S. 517, 526 475 U.S. 312, 106-319 500 U.S. 226, 232 507 U.S. 163, 168 509 U.S. 25, 33-34 511 U.S. 825, 828-845 518 U.S. 668, 677 523 U.S. 833, 841 526 U.S. 286, 290 Circuit Courts 743 F.2d 1372, 1376 774 F.2d 1567, 1574 802 F.2d 397, 400-401 867 F.2d 1271, 1274 981 F.2d 1062, 1066 983 F.2d 1024, 1027 10 F.3d 1535, 1539 30 F.3d 1390, 1396 40 F.3d 1176, 1186 50 F.3d 1579, 1582-1584 57 F.3d 1004, 1010 76 F.3d 347, 349 135 F.3d 320, 327-328 137 F.3d 1285 182 F.3d 1248, 1254-1255 208 F.3d 940, 942 212 F.3d 1318 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)