Ex Parte Carter

Richard O. Carter, presently an inmate in Bullock County Correctional Facility, petitions for a writ of mandamus directing Judge William W. Cardwell to: (1) grant him permission to proceed in forma pauperis on his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition, and (2) rescind his order compelling the Department of Corrections to withhold $144 from Carter's prison account to pay the filing fee for his Rule 32 petition. The mandamus petition is granted in part and denied in part.

On November 7, 2000, Carter attempted to file a Rule 32 petition with the Etowah County Circuit Court, but the petition was…