Johnson v. Hunter

RICE, District Judge.

Petitioner seeks permission of this court to appeal in forma pauperis from an order of the United States District Court, State of Kansas, denying him the right to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and to proceed therein without payment of costs. Petitioner attempted to proceed in forma pauperis in the District Court under the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 832, which provides that a poor person may commence his action “upon the order of the court,” and that he may appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals “unless the trial court shall certify in writing that in the…