Souza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHEILA HALOUSEK, No. 2:19-cv-00615-KJM-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER ALAN EARL SOUZA, Defendant. 16 On June 12, 2019, this court adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations and summarily dismissed this action for lack of federal jurisdiction. ECF No. 6. Shortly thereafter, plaintiff appealed. ECF No. 8. On July 12, 2019, the Ninth Circuit referred this matter to the district court for the limited purpose of determining whether plaintiff’s in forma pauperis (“IFP”) status should continue through the appeal or whether her IFP status should be revoked because the appeal is frivolous or taken in bad faith. ECF No. 11. That same day, the magistrate judge issued an order performing this task. ECF No. 12. The magistrate judge certified the appeal as taken in bad faith and revoked plaintiff’s IFP status on appeal. Id. at 2. On July 31, 2019, having received the magistrate judge’s order, the Ninth…