Mills v. United States of America

Filing 18

Order Accepting Findings and Recommendations. The court certifies that any appeal of this action would not be taken in good faith. re: 13 Findings and Recommendations on Case re: 3 Complaint filed by Geary Mills. (Ordered by Judge Jane J Boyle on 7/12/2016) (ndt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DALLAS DIVISION
GEARY MILLS, #16878-078 ,
Plaintiff,
v.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant.

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CIVIL CASE NO. 3:16-CV-0053-B-BK

ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION OF
THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The United States Magistrate Judge made Findings, Conclusions, and a Recommendation
in this case. Plaintiff/Petitioner filed objections, and the District Court has made a de novo review
of those portions of the proposed findings and recommendation to which objection was made. The
objections are overruled, and the Court ACCEPTS the Findings, Conclusions, and
Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff's request for monetary damages is DISMISSED
WITH PREJUDICE as frivolous and/or for failure to state a claim, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and
28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b), and that Plaintiff is DENIED leave to amend the complaint to seek monetary
damages against individual defendants under either Bivens or 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
The Court CERTIFIES that any appeal of this order would not be taken in good faith. See
28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); FED. R. APP. P. 24(a)(3). In support of this finding, the Court adopts and
incorporates by reference the Magistrate Judge’s Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation. See
Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 n.21 (5th Cir. 1997).

Based on the Findings and

Recommendation, the Court finds that any appeal of this order would present no legal point of

arguable merit and would, therefore, be frivolous. Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.
1983).1 In the event of an appeal, Plaintiff/Petitioner may challenge this certification by filing a
separate motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal with the Clerk of the Court, U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. See Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202; FED. R. APP. P. 24(a)(5).
SO ORDERED this 12th day of July, 2016.

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JANE J. BOYLE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a) governs the time to appeal an order. A timely
notice of appeal must be filed even if the district court certifies an appeal as not taken in good
faith.