Richard Larry Satterlee v. Edward M. Kritzman, Clerk, U. S. District Court, Central District of California

Satterlee appeals from the district court’s award of summary judgment to Kritzman, the clerk of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Satterlee alleged that Kritzman deprived him of his First, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment rights by delaying eight months before forwarding the district court file relating to Satterlee’s habeas corpus petition to this court for review. We find that this eight-month delay did not violate any of Satterlee’s constitutional rights. We affirm.

Satterlee mailed a habeas corpus petition to the district court on January 4, 1977. Because of procedural difficulties Satterlee filed a second, similar petition. On February 22 and 25,1977, the district court denied both petitions. On March 4 Satterlee mailed to our court a request for a certificate of probable cause, a motion for leave to appeal in forma pauperis, a motion for appointment of counsel, and a motion to consolidate the two cases. Our docket sheet for this case reveals that we requested the district court file shortly after March 11, 1977. Satterlee alleges that on June 6 and on September 26, 1977 he contacted this court concerning the status of his case. Our…