United States of America Ex Rel. William Wells v. Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois

HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

Petitioner William Wells appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Honorable James B. Parsons presiding, dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus “for failure to allege a cause of action.”

The district court dismissed the petition without a hearing, granted leave to appeal in foiw pauperis and allowed petitioner’s motion for a certificate of probable cause.

Petitioner prosecuted his appeal in this court pro se. He did not request appointment of appellate counsel and was not personally present in court at the…