Gamez
(PC) Goff v. Gamez
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
8 9 THOMAS L. GOFF, Case No. 1:15-cv-00937-AWI-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: IFP STATUS ON APPEAL 11 v. (ECF NO. 98) 12 GAMEZ, et al., ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO SERVE A COPY OF THIS ORDER ON THE UNITED Defendants.
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
NINTH CIRCUIT
16 By notice entered December 16, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit referred this matter to the District Court for the limited purpose of determining whether the in forma pauperis status of plaintiff Thomas Goff (“Plaintiff”) should continue for this appeal or whether the appeal is frivolous or taken in bad faith. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); see also Hooker v. American Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002). Permitting litigants to proceed in forma pauperis is a privilege, not a right. Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1231 (9th Cir. 1984); Williams v. Field, 394 F.2d 329, 332 (9th Cir. 1968), cert. denied, 393 U.S. 891 (1968); Williams v. Marshall, 795…