CDCR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 ANDREW VALLES,

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 2:20-cv-01905-TLN-AC

Ninth Circuit Case No. 21-16290 v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ORDER FINDING APPEAL FRIVOLOUS

CORRECTIONS AND AND REVOKING IN FORMA PAUPERIS

REHABILITATION and RALPH DIAZ, STATUS Secretary, 15 Defendants-Appellees, 16 17 18 19 This is a closed federal civil rights action. Plaintiff Andrew Valles (“Plaintiff”), a current state prisoner, appeals to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this Court’s dismissal of his action without leave to amend. The Ninth Circuit referred the matter to this Court for a determination of whether Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis (“IFP”) status “should continue for this appeal or whether the appeal is frivolous or taken in bad faith.” (ECF No. 22.) The Court determines that Plaintiff’s IFP status should not continue. “An appeal may not be taken in forma pauperis if the trial court certifies in writing that it is not taken in good faith.” …