Brown v. Brown et al

Filing 25

ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 3/29/2017 ORDERING that plaintiff's in forma pauperis status is REVOKED. (cc: USCA) (Zignago, K.)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DEXTER BROWN, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 No. 2:15-cv-1787 JAM KJN P v. ORDER EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al. 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis, sought relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 17 18 § 1983. Judgment was entered in this action on January 18, 2017. On February 17, 2017, 19 plaintiff filed a notice of appeal. On March 2, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals referred 20 this matter to this court for the limited purpose of determining whether in forma pauperis status 21 should continue for this appeal or whether the appeal is frivolous or taken in bad faith. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), “[a]n appeal may not be taken in forma pauperis if the 22 23 trial court certifies in writing that it is not taken in good faith.” The good faith standard is an 24 objective one, and good faith is demonstrated when an individual “seeks appellate review of any 25 issue not frivolous.” See Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 445, 82 S. Ct. 917 (1962). 26 For purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915, an appeal is frivolous if it lacks any arguable basis in law or 27 fact. Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325, 109 S. Ct. 1827 (1989). 28 //// 1 1 After review of the record herein, the court finds that plaintiff’s appeal is not taken in 2 good faith. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status 3 (ECF No. 9) is revoked. 4 DATED: March 29, 2017 5 /s/ John A. Mendez_______________________ 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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