424 F.2d 278 - Walker v. United States — 424 F.2d 278

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Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently July 2020 · most notably Bonner v. Henderson (1975), Skinner v. United States (1970)

27 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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¶1Summary Calendar.

¶2Jack Aaron Walker, pro se.

¶3John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., J. Owen Forrester, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

¶4Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

¶5PER CURIAM:

¶6Appellant Walker, a federal prisoner, filed his motion in the District Court requesting a copy of his indictment and transcripts of his arraignment and sentencing. He has no appeal pending, nor has he filed or attempted to file a motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, or a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court. The District Court denied the motion. We affirm.1

¶7Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2250 provides that only where a petitioner for the writ of habeas corpus has been granted leave *279to proceed in forma pauperis and his application is pending before the court is that petitioner entitled to be furnished copies of court records without cost. Harless v. United States, 5 Cir. 1964, 329 F.2d 397. A federal prisoner is not entitled to obtain copies of court records at Government expense for the purpose of searching the record for possible error. Harless v. United States, supra;Culbert v. United States, 10 Cir. 1964, 325 F.2d 920; Ketcherside v. United States, 6 Cir. 1963, 317 F.2d 807.

¶8The judgment below is

¶9Affirmed.