Burns v. Fenoglio et al

Filing 164

ORDER MOOTING 160 Motion re filing fee. Signed by Magistrate Judge Donald G. Wilkerson on 4/11/17. (sgp)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
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TYRONE BURNS,
Plaintiff,
v.
JAMES FENOGLIO, et al.,
Defendants.

Case No. 3:11-cv-1104-DGW

ORDER
WILKERSON, Magistrate Judge:
Now pending before the Court is the motion regarding filing fee issues filed by Plaintiff,
Tyrone Burns, on August 31, 2017 (Doc. 160).
On April 15, 2016, Plaintiff filed a notice of appeal (Doc. 146) along with a motion to
proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 147). Typically, a notice of appeal divests the district court of
jurisdiction – in particular “of its control over those aspects of the case involved in the appeal.”
Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58 (1982). Federal Rule of Appellate
Procedure 24, however, directs the district court to consider motions to appeal in forma pauperis,
or the good faith nature of an appeal, in order to determine whether a litigant can proceed on appeal
without prepayment of the appellate filing fee. On May 4, 2016, this Court found that it could not
certify that the appeal was not taken in good faith and directed Plaintiff, who had been granted
leave to proceed in forma pauperis in this Court, to remit the amount to $107.59 to the Clerk of this
Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) (Doc. 8). Unfortunately, something went awry and the
full amount of the initial partial filing neither reached this Court nor the Court of Appeals.
Instead, only $2.00 was received.
The jail where Plaintiff is housed, however submitted documentation that part of
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Plaintiff’s initial partial filing fee, $107.00 was sent to the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois and cashed by the Clerk, Thomas G. Bruton, on July 7, 2016. The
remaining $0.59 was then sent to the Clerk of this District on January 3, 2017.
The Court finds that Plaintiff has substantially complied with this Court’s May 4, 2016
Order directing the initial partial filing fee and that he has submitted the $107.59 as directed
towards the appellate filing fee in this matter.
Plaintiff’s motion is accordingly deemed MOOT.
DATED: April 11, 2017

DONALD G. WILKERSON
United States Magistrate Judge

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