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· 4/25/1960

Leroy Jefferson v. United States of America, Undocketed

Citations

  • 277 F.2d 723
  • 1960 U.S. App. LEXIS 4748

How courts have described this case

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

  • denying motion to 12 ||appeal in forma pauperis because “[n]o such certainty and definiteness, and no 13 || particularity, exists in the affidavits before us.”’
  • requiring evaluation of poverty “with 1 some particularity, definiteness and certainty.”
  • “One 18 need not be absolutely destitute to obtain [the] benefits of the in forma pauperis statute.”
  • “The right to proceed in forma pauperis is not an unqualified one... . It 6 a privilege, rather than a right.’’
  • “The right to proceed in forma 23 pauperis is not an unqualified one. It is a privilege, rather than a right.”
  • “The right to proceed in forma 15 pauperis is not an unqualified one. It is a privilege, rather than a right.”

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Judges: Barnes, Hamley, Jertberg, Per Curiam

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