James Eugene Pike v. United States

This is an appeal in forma pauperis, pursuant to leave granted by the District Court, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915, from the denial of Appellant’s motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255. Appellant inartfully but adequately asserted below that he was mentally incompetent at the time he entered his plea of guilty to a 1-count information charging interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2312. Recognizing the sufficiency of the petition, the District Court in response to the contention requested the Medical Center at Springfield, Missouri, where…