WALDON v. STATE OF IOWA

No. 17477.

323 F.2d 852 (1963)

Calvin L. WALDON, Appellant, v. The STATE OF IOWA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

October 24, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan L. Hultman, Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before JOHNSEN, Chief Judge, and MATTHES, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The District Court refused appellant leave to file a suit for a declaratory judgment in forma pauperis and thus in effect made denial of his complaint. Reversal is sought of the Court's order.

Appellant is an inmate of the Iowa State Penitentiary. He sought, by his declaratory judgment suit, to have it decreed that the State of Iowa had fraudulently deprived him of an appeal from his conviction and sentence and thereby violated his constitutional...

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