Moss v. Varian

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ANN ALDRICH, District Judge.

Pending before the Court is plaintiff Moss’ pro se petition to proceed in forma pauperis. For the reasons set forth below, the petition is denied, and the complaint is dismissed.

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Moss is presently incarcerated in the Ohio State Correctional Facility at Chillicothe, Ohio. He alleges that he retained defendant Varían as counsel to represent him in his criminal trial; that he was unsatisfied with Varian’s representation; and that in May of 1977, Varían took Moss’ bond money, without Moss’ authorization, to pay his legal fee for services rendered in…