JAMES WADDELL, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,
v.
NOAH L. ALLDREDGE, WARDEN, LEWISBURG FEDERAL PENITENTIARY, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE

5th Cir. | 1972-03-30
No. 71-3275
457 F.2d 944 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1972) Positive Treatment
Cited by 6 cases

Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:

PER CURIAM:

The sole issue to be determined upon this appeal is whether the district court erroneously found that Appellant Waddell was not entitled to relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 on the basis of his contention that his sentencing court failed to advise him of his right to appeal his conviction in forma pauperis, after entry of his plea of guilty.1

As the court below correctly held, Rule 32(a) (2), F.R.Cr.P., requires a federal district court to advise the defendant of his right to appeal without cost only in eases where the defendant has been convicted upon a plea of not guilty. Since Waddell did not enter a plea of not guilty, nor has he intimated that his guilty plea is in any way invalid, he is clearly not entitled to the relief he seeks. Barber v. United States, 10th Cir. 1970, 427 F. 2d 70, cert. denied 1970, 400 U.S. 867, 91 S.Ct. 108, 27 L.Ed.2d 106; Baker v. United States, 10th Cir. 1968, 404 F. 2d 787; Boyes v. United States, 5th Cir. 1965, 354 F. 2d 31.

The judgment appealed from is affirmed.

. It is appropriate to dispose of this pro se case summarily, pursuant to this Court’s local Rule 9(c) (2), appellant having failed to file a brief -within the time fixed by Rule 31, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Kimbrough v. Beto, Director, 5th Cir. 1969, 412 F. 2d 981.


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