Joseph W. Lucas v. United States

This is an appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky of a denial of Appellant’s motion for permission to obtain court records in forma pauperis.

The Appellant was convicted in April, 1965, for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d) and sentenced to a term of twenty-five years in federal prison. The conviction was affirmed on appeal to this Court. Lucas v. United States, 360 F.2d 937 (6th Cir. 1966), cert. denied, 385 U.S. 875, 87 S.Ct. 152, 17 L.Ed.2d 102. Appellant alleges that although he had court appointed counsel, he was not furnished free transcripts…