Merritt
Merritt v. Housing and Urban Development
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ARDY MERRITT, Case No. 24-cv-03968-MMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER CERTIFYING APPEAL NOT
v. TAKEN IN GOOD FAITH
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 By order filed July 16, 2024, the Court granted plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis and, by order filed August 15, 2024, dismissed the above-titled action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Plaintiff subsequently filed a notice of appeal from the judgment of dismissal. Now before the Court is a Referral Notice, filed September 6, 2024, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, whereby the above-titled action has been referred to the undersigned to determine whether plaintiff's in forma pauperis status should continue on appeal. Having read and considered the record, the Court rules as follows. "A party who was permitted to proceed in forma pauperis in the district-court action . . . may proceed on…