Prince v. Klune

This appeal is from the District Court’s refusal to permit appellant to file, without prepayment of costs, a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, the resident physician at the District of Columbia Reformatory at Lorton, Virginia, to give appellant surgical treatment. The petition alleged that appellant" is confined in the reformatory; that he is in need of an operation; that appellee admits this; and that appellee will not perform the operation. The petition was sworn to and was accompanied by an affidavit of poverty. The District Court’s ruling was: “Leave to file without…