T. A. Buchanan, in His Capacity as Sheriff and Ex Officio Jailer of Dade County, Florida v. United States of America Ex Rel. Lillian Reis

This is another “thwarted appeal” case 1 where, in a habeas corpus proceeding, the United States District Court, after determining that the petitioner Reis had been denied in the Florida courts the equal protection of the laws by the refusal of a transcript in forma pauperis for appeal purposes, ordered, as an alternative to petitioner’s release, that the Florida Appellate Court accept the notice of appeal to review the convictions or reinstate the previously dismissed appeal. The District Court’s determination that the petitioner was denied, by refusal of a transcript, the equal protection…