MOSS v. THOMAS

No. 14624.

299 F.2d 729 (1962)

Kelly MOSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M. W. THOMAS, W. L. (Bill) Moore, William S. Larkins, Dorris L. Robertson, and Bymal Haywood Dixon, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

March 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly Moss, in pro. per.

Joe Nagle, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Troy Savage, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry O. Whitlow, Waller, Threlkeld, Whitlow & Byrd, Paducah, Ky., on the brief), for appellees.

Before WEICK, Circuit Judge, and BOYD and THORNTON, District Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an adverse jury verdict and judgment in a tort action wherein appellant charged a violation of his civil rights while incarcerated as a prisoner in the Kentucky State Penitentiary. The trial judge, upon motion by appellant, permitted this appeal in forma pauperis (Title 28, § 1915(a), U.S.C.A.), but declined to authorize the preparation of a transcript of the trial proceedings at government expense, ruling there was no necessity...

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