Legal Opinion
Brown v. Booker
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 27, 1985No. Civ. A. 85-0449-RPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WARRINER, District Judge.
On 19 September 1985, this Court denied petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On 30 September petitioner filed a timely notice of appeal from that decision as well as a motion for leave to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis. As a result, the Court is presented with the question of whether petitioner should be allowed to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis. For reasons set out below, the Court believes it is also presented with the question of whether this Court should issue the certificate of probable cause…
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