Legal Opinion
In Re Melvin Leroy Tyler
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1997No. 96-8169PublishedCited by 954 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Melvin Leroy Tyler, a Missouri inmate, petitions for a writ of mandamus against the district judge conducting his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action. In his petition, Tyler seeks an order compelling the district judge to appoint counsel to assist Tyler with his lawsuit, which contends various prison officials failed to protect him from an unreasonable risk of exposure to tuberculosis. Instead of submitting the required filing fee with his mandamus petition, see Fed. R.App.P. 21(a), Tyler filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. In light…
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