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CAMPBELL v. BETO

No. 72-1737.

460 F.2d 765 (1972)

Coy Ray CAMPBELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Dr. George J. BETO, Director of the Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coy Ray Campbell, pro se.

Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

The District Court refused to allow this § 1983 suit by an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections to ever get off the ground, by (i) refusing to permit it to even be docketed without prepayment of costs, (ii) dismissing the "undocketed" case under Rule 12(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for failure to state a claim on which relief could be granted, and (iii) refusing to allow an appeal in forma pauperis from these...

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