Lowe v. Hiatt

FOLLMER, District Judge.

Petitioner, Richard Anderson Lowe, filed his application for writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis. In an opinion and order D.C., 77 F.Supp. 303, I denied the writ, stating my reasons therefor. The question now before me is whether an appeal in forma pauperis should be allowed and an order entered for copies of records to be prepared without payment of costs for use therein. The papers filed constitute a direction to the Clerk of Court, but same are being considered as an application.

The right to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis is entirely statutory.1 It is a…