DEARMAN v. WOODSON

No. 617-69.

429 F.2d 1288 (1970)

Larry James DEARMAN, Appellant, v. Robert N. WOODSON, Penal Director for Kansas, Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Roy F. Earls, Deputy Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, William R. Barker, Acting Deputy Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooke W. Banbury, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Ernest C. Ballweg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Topeka, Kan. (Kent Frizzell, Atty. Gen., and Edward G. Collister, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Topeka, Kan., on the brief) for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, BREITENSTEIN and HILL, Circuit Judges.


HILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, an inmate of the Kansas State Penitentiary, filed his handwritten pro se civil action complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, against appellees. The complaint is inartfully drawn and consists of six pages. Generally, it attempts to state a cause of action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Accompanying the complaint was a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. No summons was issued, no...

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