Legal Opinion
Jones v. Ritterbusch
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided September 16, 1982No. 82-0654-CV-W-3PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ELMO B. HUNTER, District Judge.
Dave Jones (“petitioner”), proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1976) seeking his release from the Fulton State Hospital in Fulton, Missouri. In addition, petitioner seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (1976) and has tendered an affidavit of poverty in support thereof.
Leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted if the petitioner’s affidavit of poverty shows he cannot because of his financial status pay the filing fee in this action or give security for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re Willis Donald SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
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