Sanders
Sanders v. Hicks
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PHILIP SANDERS, No. 1:22-cv-0577 JLT HBK 12 Plaintiff, Appeal No. 24-1413 13 v. ORDER REVOKING IN FORMA PAUPERIS
STATUS ON APPEAL
14 ROBERT HICKS and J. LARA, (Doc. 25) 15 Defendants. 16 17 Philip Sanders proceeded pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant 18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court dismissed the action for failure to state a cognizable claim and 19 entered judgment. (Docs. 14, 18.) On March 8, 2024, Plaintiff filed Notice of Appeal, which was 20 processed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as Case No. 24-1413. 21 (Docs. 21, 22). 22 The Ninth Circuit referred this matter to the Court for the limited purpose of determining 23 whether in forma pauperis status should continue for this appeal or whether the appeal is 24 frivolous or taken in bad faith. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); see also Hooker v. American Airlines, 25 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002) (revocation of in forma pauperis status is…