716 F.2d 1109 (6th Cir. 1983) Cited 160 times
Holding that district court may not dismiss a plaintiff's suit sua sponte unless the court first gives the plaintiff the opportunity to amend or correct the deficiencies in the complaint, and recognizing that sua sponte dismissals "are not favored because they are unfair to the litigants and ultimately waste, rather than save judicial resources"