Shafer
(PC) Geray v. Shafer
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON GERAY, No. 2:18-CV-2787-KJM-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JENNIFER SHAFER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Final judgment was entered on September 25, 2019, and this matter was closed. See ECF No. 42. Plaintiff appealed. See ECF No. 45. The matter was referred to the undersigned by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to certify whether in forma pauperis status should continue on appeal or whether the appeal is frivolous or taken in bad faith, in which case in forma pauperis status would be revoked. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); see also Hooker v. American Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002). Having reviewed the entire file, the court concludes in forma pauperis status should be revoked because the appeal is frivolous for the reasons outlined in the Court’s July 1, 2019, findings and…