Daniel Fullan v. Commissioner of Corrections of the State of New York and the Justices of the Appellate Division, Second Department

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Daniel Fullan, a New York State (“State”) prisoner who wishes to appeal in state court from his convictions of state crimes, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert W. Sweet, Judge, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982), which alleged that the state appellate court denied him a free trial transcript despite his indigence. The district court ruled that the State was entitled to deny Fullan a free transcript on the ground that his family and friends…