Wells Fargo Home Mortgage v. Bullock

Filing 22

ORDER adopting Report and Recommendations 20 and denying 17 Motion for Leave to Appeal in forma pauperis. Signed by Judge Sheryl H. Lipman on 1/20/15. (Lipman, Sheryl)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
WESTERN DIVISION
WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE,
Plaintiff,
v.
JOHN BULLOCK d/b/a JOHN MEBRATU
ABYSSINIA BEY,
Defendant.

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No. 2:13-cv-02933-SHL-cgc

ORDER ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION; DENYING
PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE APPEAL IN FORMA PAUPERIS
Before the Court is the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation on Plaintiff’s
Motion for Leave to Appeal in Forma Pauperis. (ECF No. 20.) In the Report and
Recommendation, the Magistrate Judge recommends that Defendant’s Motion for Leave to
Appeal in Forma Pauperis (ECF No. 17) be denied because an appeal would not be taken in
good faith. Defendant did not file objections to the Report and Recommendation within the time
limit required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(2).
“When no timely objection is filed, the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear
error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)
advisory committee notes. On clear-error review of the Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation, the Court hereby ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 20) in
its entirety.
Accordingly, Defendant’s Motion for Leave to Appeal in Forma Pauperis (ECF No. 17)
is DENIED because any appeal in this matter by Defendant would not be taken in good faith.
Bullock must pay the full appellate filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis and

supporting affidavit in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals within thirty days from the date this
order is entered.
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 20th day of January, 2015.
/s/ Sheryl H. Lipman
SHERYL H. LIPMAN
U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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