(PS) Bartlett v. State Bar of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALAN M. BARTLETT, No. 2:19-cv-00330-MCE-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. 16 On May 1, 2020, the Court issued an order requiring Plaintiff to make payments toward the required filing fee. (ECF No. 30.) On May 11, 2020, Plaintiff, who had proceeded without counsel and in forma pauperis in the district court, filed a notice of appeal. (ECF No. 31.) Thereafter, on May 18, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals referred this matter to the district court for the limited purpose of determining whether in forma pauperis status should continue for the appeal, or whether the appeal is frivolous or taken in bad faith. (ECF No. 34.) “An appeal may not be taken in forma pauperis if the trial court certifies in writing that it is not taken in good faith.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); see also Hooker v. American Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002) (revocation of in forma pauperis status 27…