Richard Posey v. Attorney General of the United States and Dr. R. O. Settle, Warden, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri

Appellant filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus, which the District Court denied without a hearing. The court permitted notice of appeal to be filed without payment of fee, but denied appellant leave to proceed further in forma pauperis, on the ground that the appeal was without merit and so not taken in good faith. Appellant challenges here this certificate of the court and asks leave of us so to prosecute his appeal.

While the application purported to be against the Attorney General as respondent, the United States Attorney treated it as being directed at the Warden of the Medical…