PENNEBAKER v. CHAMBER

No. 18453.

437 F.2d 66 (1971)

Ronald E. PENNEBAKER, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Trooper Carl C. CHAMBER, Penna. State Police Substation, West 4th Street, Lewistown, Penna., Clair Barnett, c/o Barnett's General Electric Store, Milroy, Penna., Arthur C. Patter, Justice of the Peace, 3rd Street, Lewistown, Penna.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald E. Pennebaker, pro se.

Larry F. Knepp, Stuckenrath & Knepp, Lewistown, Pa., for Clair Barnett and Arthur C. Potter.

James K. Thomas, Joseph P. Hafer, Harrisburg, Pa. (Metzger, Hafer, Keefer, Thomas & Wood, Harrisburg, Pa., on the brief), for Carl C. Chambers.

Before KALODNER, SEITZ and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff filed a civil rights complaint against Arthur Potter, Justice of the Peace, Clair Barnett, storekeeper, and Carl C. Chambers, a Pennsylvania state trooper.1 The district court refused to permit plaintiff to proceed in forma pauperis and on its own motion also dismissed his complaint. Plaintiff appeals.

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d),...

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