Thompson v. Ward

MOREMEN, Judge.

Asbury Thompson, Jr. is a prisoner and inmate of the U.S. Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia. He filed a complaint in the Perry Circuit Court against “Miners Hospital, Chief Jailer, Perry County, Kentucky and State Trooper Deese and Perry County, Kentucky,” in which he stated that his constitutional and civil rights had been violated. He asked for damages from defendants under sections 1981 and 1983 of Title 42 U.S.C.A. Petitioner asked permission to proceed in forma pauperis under KRS 453.-190. The court overruled the motion.

Petitioner has now applied to this court for a writ of…