Vincente Gatica Startti v. United States

Pursuant to new Rule 18 of the Rules of this court, we have concluded on the merits that this case is of such character as not to justify oral argument and have directed the clerk to place the case on the Summary Calendar and to notify the parties in writing. See Murphy v. Houma Well Service, 5 Cir. 1969, 409 F.2d 804, Part I.

Appellant seeks reversal of a district court order denying permission to file his complaint in forma pauperis. We affirm.

Appellant, a Texas convict, had filed in the court below a petition for a writ of mandamus ordering prison authorities “to cease and desist” from the…