Gates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STANLEY H. SOLVEY, No: 1:19-cv-01444-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DECLINING TO REVOKE IN

FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS ON APPEAL

vs. (Doc. No. 28.) S. GATES, et al., Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff Stanley H. Solvey is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. By notice entered September 17, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit referred this matter to this court for the limited purpose of determining whether in forma pauperis status should continue for this appeal or whether the appeal is frivolous or taken in bad faith. (Doc. No. 35); see 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 is appropriate where the district court finds the appeal to be frivolous). An in forma pauperis complaint is frivolous if it has “no arguable basis in fact or law.” See O'Loughlin v. Doe,…