Mancel Paul Quinn v. United States

This appeal is from the denial of relief to a federal prisoner who contended in a motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. A. § 2255 that he was denied his right to appeal from his 1969 federal conviction. We affirm.

The facts developed on an evidentiary hearing in the district court and from the records in this court show without dispute that a notice of appeal was filed on his behalf; and that the clerk of the district court advised this court in 1969 that appellant had escaped from custody. The government then moved to dismiss the appeal. Court-appointed counsel for appellant thereupon advised…