WILLIE HULLOM, APPELLANT,
v.
LESTER BURROWS, ROY S. MCCRIMMON, HORACE W. ADAMS, VICTOR BECK, DON HARDY, OTTO BEULOW, JOHN W. SLUSSER AND CARL D. MOSIER, ET AL., APPELLEES

6th Cir. | 1959-04-14
Before MARTIN, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.
266 F.2d 547 United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1959) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The Court of Appeals denied the petitioner's motions to appeal a District Court judgment and for appointment of counsel, finding no jurisdiction for the appeal and no merit to the pauperis appeal or counsel request.


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Petitioner filed multiple applications for relief, including a motion to appeal a District Court judgment and a motion to appeal in forma pauperis. Pe…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is the third application for relief filed by petitioner in this Court in recent months. For the factual background of the case see Hullom v. Kent, District Judge, 6 Cir., 262 F. 2d 862. See also: Hullom v. Ziel, Clerk, 6 Cir., 266 F. 2d 546.

If petitioner’s present motion be construed as a “motion for leave to appeal the judgment heretofore rendered in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan”, as stated in the opening paragraph thereof, the motion is denied. The Court of Appeals does not have jurisdiction to grant an appeal. Crawford v. Gajewski, 6 Cir., 261 F. 2d 301; Stuart v. Bomar, 6 Cir., 261 F. 2d 274.

Petitioner, however, treats his motion as a motion to appeal in forma pauperis. We are of the opinion on the record presented to us that the motion has no merit and should not be sustained. Loum v. Underwood, 6 Cir., 262 F. 2d 866; Holland v. Capital Transit Co., 87 U.S.App.D.C. 48, 184 F. 2d 686, 689, certiorari denied 341 U.S. 954, 71 S.Ct. 1004, 95 L.Ed. 1375; Application of Pierce, 9 Cir., 246 F. 2d 902; Parsell v. United States, 5 Cir., 218 F. 2d 232. The motion to appeal in forma pauperis is denied.

Appellant also moves for the appointment of counsel to assist him on this appeal. The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which provides that in criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the assistance of counsel for his defense, does not apply to civil cases. Nivens v. United States, 5 Cir., 139 F. 2d 226, 228, certiorari denied 321 U.S. 787, 64 S.Ct. 780, 88 L.Ed. 1077, rehearing denied 321 U.S. 804, 64 S.Ct. 805, 88 L.Ed. 1090, 322 U. S. 769, 64 S.Ct. 1142, 88 L.Ed. 1595; Graeber v. Schneckloth, 9 Cir., 241 F. 2d 710. The motion is denied.


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