Jack v. K. Ragan v. Colonel Weldon W. Cox, Commandant, U. S. Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

In 1961, Ragan acting pro se, filed two separate applications for writs of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. In each case the lower court entered an order denying his application to proceed in forma pauperis. From such orders Ra-gan appealed to this court. The appeals were consolidated and as directed by the Supreme Court the orders were reversed and the cases remanded for further proceedings. 1

On remand, the trial court entered orders permitting the applications to be prosecuted in forma pauperis. The writs were granted and…