Gardner v. Johanigen

Filing 88

ORDER REVOKING PLAINTIFF'S IN FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS re 87 Notice of Appeal, filed by Dennis Gardner. Any appeal taken from the order of dismissal and judgment of this action will not be taken in good faith and is therefore frivolous. Signed by Judge William H. Orrick on 09/22/2015. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service) (jmdS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/22/2015)

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1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 DENNIS GARDNER, Plaintiff, Case No. 13-cv-03193-WHO (PR) 6 v. 7 8 J. JOHANTGEN, ORDER REVOKING PLAINTIFF’S IN FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS Defendant. 9 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 This federal civil rights action is on appeal. The Court of Appeals has referred the 12 matter to this Court for a determination whether plaintiff Dennis Gardner’s in forma 13 pauperis (“IFP”) status should continue for this appeal. This Court determines that it 14 should not. There are no valid grounds on which an appeal can be based. Consequently, 15 the Court certifies that any appeal taken from the order of dismissal and judgment of this 16 action will not be taken in good faith and is therefore frivolous. Fed. R. App. P. 17 24(a)(3)(A); Ellis v. United States, 356 U.S. 674, 674-75 (1958); Hooker v. American 18 Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002). Accordingly, Gardner’s IFP status is hereby 19 REVOKED. 20 The Clerk shall forthwith notify Gardner and the Court of Appeals of this order. 21 See Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(4). Gardner may file a motion for leave to proceed IFP on 22 appeal in the Court of Appeals within thirty days after service of notice of this order. See 23 Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(5). Any such motion “must include a copy of the affidavit filed in 24 the district court and the district court’s statement of reasons for its action.” Id. 25 26 27 28 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: September 2 , 2015 _________________________ WILLIAM H. ORRICK United States District Judge

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