Robert Lee Kelly v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden

Petitioner appeals from an order of the Kansas District Court dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus without hearing and without affording assistance of counsel to enable him to show that he has been denied due process of law in the Kansas state courts. Specifically he complains of denial of his equal right of appeal from a state court order denying a Motion to Vacate Sentence and Judgment. He says that permission to appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court has been granted, but his state appointed counsel has done nothing nor has the Supreme Court of Kansas taken any action.

When the…