Keller v. Kinsley

DEL SOLE, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying Appellant’s request for permission to proceed in forma pauperis. After a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful restraint, and indecent assault and was sentenced to serve a term of not less than six and one-half years nor more than twenty years at the State Correctional Institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Following his conviction, Appellant filed a Petition to proceed in forma pauperis, in a civil proceeding, which was denied based upon the trial court’s conclusion that the claims…