Acosta

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BARRY L. BROOKINS, No. 1:19-cv-00401-JLT-HBK (PC) 12 Plaintiff, Appeal No. 24-1801 13 v. ORDER REVOKING IN FORMA PAUPERIS

STATUS ON APPEAL

14 F. ACOSTA, (Doc. 79) 15 Defendant. 16 17 Barry L. Brookins proceeded pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 18 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court dismissed the action as barred by the doctrine of res 19 judicata and entered judgment. (Docs. 72, 74-75.) On March 25, 2024, Plaintiff filed Notice of 20 Appeal, which was processed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as Case 21 No. 24-1801. (Docs. 77, 78.) 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…