Williams, Patricia v. Dept. of Workforce Development et al

Filing 67

ORDER granting defendant Patricia Williams's motion for leave to proceed informa pauperis on appeal. Signed by District Judge Barbara B. Crabb on 3/14/2018. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PATRICIA WILLIAMS,
OPINION AND ORDER
Plaintiff,
17-cv-253-bbc
Appeal no. 18-1518
v.
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,
RAYMOND ALLEN, DELORA NEWTON, ENID GLENN,
KARL DAHLEN, SHERI POLLOCK, OSCAR AVILES,
LESLIE MIRKIN, LORI WALKER, JOSEPH LEDGER and ANDRE SMALL,
Defendants.
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OPINION AND ORDER
Plaintiff,
17-cv-254-bbc
v.
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,
JOSEPH LEDGER and ANDRE SMALL,
Defendants.
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PATRICIA WILLIAMS,
OPINION AND ORDER
Plaintiff,
17-cv-255-bbc
v.
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,
KARL DAHLEN, SHERRI POLLOCK, MEREDITH DRESSEL,
NICHOLAS LAMPONE, ENID GLENN and DELORI NEWTON,
Defendants.

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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Judgment was entered in these three consolidated cases case on March 1, 2018
granting summary judgment in favor of defendants and closing the cases. Now plaintiff
Patricia Williams has filed a notice of appeal and a request for leave to proceed on appeal
in forma pauperis. From the financial information that plaintiff has provided in the affidavit
in support of her request, I find that she does not have the means to pay the $505 appellate
docketing fee and qualifies for indigent status with respect to the appeal filing fee. Because
plaintiff will be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in this court, she "may proceed
on appeal in forma pauperis unless the district court shall certify that the appeal in not taken
in good faith or shall find that the party is otherwise not entitled so to proceed." Fed. R.
App. P. 24(a). I will not certify that the appeal is not taken in good faith and I see no other
reason to deny plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that defendant Patricia Williams’s motion for leave to proceed in
forma pauperis on appeal, dkt. #63, is GRANTED.
Entered this 14th day of March, 2018.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
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BARBARA B. CRABB
District Judge

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