Legal Opinion
Kenneth Souder v. Michael McGuire Superintendent, Farview State Hospital, Waymart, Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 13, 1975No. 74-1888PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
In this case, a state prisoner who had been committed to a Pennsylvania mental hospital filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court seeking to challenge his confinement and the commitment provisions of § 411 of the Pennsylvania Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966, 50 P.S. § 4411. The district court refused to permit petitioner to proceed in forma pauperis. Unfortunately, because of the posture in which this case has arrived before us, the only issue we may consider is the proper construction of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Lessard v. SchmidtDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1972
- United States of America Ex Rel. Roy Schuster, Relator-Appellant v. Ross E. Herold, M.D., Director of Dannemora State Hospital, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by78 opinions
- Temple v. EllerthorpeDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1984
- Evans v. CroomCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Kershner v. MazurkiewiczCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Mary Ann Tavery v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Gluth v. KangasCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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