Willie v. Allen

CARTER, Judge.

The sole issue is whether the district court abused its discretion in refusing to permit the appellant, Eddie J. Willie, the right to prosecute his appeal in forma pau-peris from the judgment in a worker’s compensation action.

On November 2, 1983, Willie filed a suit for worker’s compensation benefits for injuries he received while in the course and scope of his employment as a carpenter for Gerald Allen. At the time of the accident, Allep was working as a subcontractor for George Fournet Construction. Willie did not proceed in forma pauperis in his worker’s compensation action.…