Kosztelnik v. Bethlehem Iron Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that appointment of counsel under section 1915 “is a privilege and not a right” and is “a matter within the discretion of the District Court.”
• describing “the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis” as “a matter within the discretion of the District Court”
• noting that “[f]ederal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction”
• describing the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis as “a privilege, not a right”
• describing the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis as “a privilege, not a right”
• “The burden is on the party asserting the jurisdiction of the 3 court to show that jurisdiction does, in fact, exist.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).