Rudolph Melvin Cruz v. Lyman Cardwell, Sheriff of Taney County, Missouri

This matter was originally assigned to an Administrative Panel of this court to consider appellant’s motion for leave to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis from the order of the district court dismissing his civil rights complaint, and for appointment of counsel. Seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, appellant alleged in his complaint that respondent as Sheriff of Taney County, Missouri seized $206.00 from the person of the appellant in connection with his arrest and subsequently failed and refused to return the money to appellant upon his transfer to…