Legal Opinion
Carroll v. United States
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided December 11, 1970PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NOEL, District Judge.
Petitioner, a convict in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, has submitted a motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He asserts that his plea of guilty to the crime of extortion, which this Court accepted in 1968, was involuntary. It is unnecessary to reach the merits of this contention.
Petitioner requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, thus avoiding the requirement imposed by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) upon a party instituting “any civil action” to pay a filing fee of $15.00. In support of his…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- George F. Martin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
- Green v. Cotton Concentration CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1968
- John McCune v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1969
3Cited by18 opinions
- Temple v. EllerthorpeDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1984
- Flint v. HaynesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- In Re Jewell WilliamsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Carter v. Telectron, Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1976
- Cumbey v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1985
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