Jett v. U.S. Postal Service et al

Filing 14

ORDER DENYING LEAVE TO FILE APPEAL IN FORMA PAUPERIS. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on 2/14/2012. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service)(ahm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/14/2012)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 Northern District of California United States District Court 12 YVONNE JETT, Plaintiff, 13 14 15 16 v. 9th Cir. No.: 12-15237 D.C. No.: 11-5078 JSC ORDER DENYING LEAVE TO FILE APPEAL IN FORMA PAUPERIS U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, Defendant. 17 18 Plaintiff, filing pro se, appeals this Court‟s dismissal of her action to the Ninth Circuit, 19 which requests a review of Plaintiff‟s in forma pauperis status. (9th Cir. No. 12-15237, Dkt. 20 No. 2.) Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), “an appeal may not be taken in forma pauperis if the 21 trial court certifies in writing that it is not taken in good faith.” Permission to proceed in 22 forma pauperis is only appropriate for a non-frivolous appeal. Hooker v. American Airlines, 23 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002). 24 In the dismissed case (D.C. No. 11-5078 JSC), Plaintiff alleged that Defendant denied 25 her a reasonable work accommodation, thereby discriminating against her on the basis of a 26 disability. After reviewing Plaintiff‟s papers and granting her leave to amend her initial 27 complaint, the Court concluded that Plaintiff already litigated the same claims in Jett v. Potter 28 et al., Case No. 08-4290 PJH (N.D. Cal.). The Court therefore determined that Plaintiff‟s 1 claims were barred by issue preclusion as she challenged an employment termination already 2 litigated. See Robi v. Five Platters, Inc., 838 F.2d 318, 322 (9th Cir. 1988) (stating that “the 3 doctrine of issue preclusion prevents relitigation of all „issues of fact or law that were actually 4 litigated and necessarily decided‟ in a prior proceeding”) (quoting Segal v. American Tel. & 5 Tel. Co., 606 F.2d 842, 845 (9th Cir. 1979)). Accordingly, Plaintiff‟s action was dismissed 6 with prejudice. (D.C. No. 11-5078 JSC, Dkt. No. 10.) Prior to appealing to the Ninth Circuit, 7 Plaintiff filed a third amended complaint without leave of the Court and was informed that 8 further pleadings would not be considered as the case was closed. (D.C. No. 11-5078 JSC, 9 Dkt. Nos. 11, 12.) As Plaintiff has not articulated any factual or legal basis for relitigating 10 her claims raised in 08-4290 PJH, Plaintiff‟s appeal is frivolous. Leave to proceed in forma 11 pauperis is therefore denied. Northern District of California United States District Court 12 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. 14 15 Dated: February 14, 2012 _________________________________ JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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