Lettieri v. Federal Public Defenders

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts orders the Clerk to draw the case to a district judge. The referral is made so a district judge can review the magistrate judge’s prior denial, without prejudice, of the plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, following the plaintiff’s objection.

Holdings

1. The plaintiff was entitled to review of the magistrate judge's order by a district judge, so the case was ordered drawn to a district judge for that purpose.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the plaintiff was entitled to review by a district judge of the magistrate judge's order denying without prejudice his motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

Disposition

other