Robert Louis Williford v. The People of the State of California, Robert A. Heinze, Warden, Folsom State Prison

In this civil rights action predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) (1958), and R.S. § 1977 et seq. (42 U.S.C. § 1981 [1958] et seq.), judgment of dismissal was entered by the district court, whereupon plaintiff filed in that court a notice of appeal and moved for leaye to appeal in forma pauperis. Acting upon that motion the district court granted plaintiff permission to proceed with an appeal “without the pre-payment of any fees of this Court or its officers.”

The quoted words have the effect of relieving appellant of the necessity of paying the five dollar fee payable in the district court upon…