Allen Brown v. United States

Allen Brown was convicted by a jury of a Dyer Act offense 1 on October 22, 1969. This Court affirmed the judgment of conviction upon Brown’s %irect appeal, United States v. Brown, 425 F.2d 728 (5th Cir. 1970). One month after our affirmance he filed a motion in the district court seeking a copy of his trial transcript for use in a future collateral attack on his conviction. That court denied the motion without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

Brown had no petition for a post conviction remedy pending at the time of his motion and his motion failed to set forth any grounds of attack on his…