Lemberg

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANN MARILYN LEMBERG, Case No. 17-cv-06641-MMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION TO ORDER PAYMENT OF

TRANSCRIPTS

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA

ASSOCIATION,

11 Defendant. 12 Before the Court is plaintiff’s “Motion to the Court to [O]rder [P]ayment of the [T]ranscripts of the [H]earings for the Record on [A]ppeal,” filed February 26, 2021, by which plaintiff seeks, at government expense, transcripts of “hearings” held in the above- titled action. (See Doc. No. 149.) Defendant has not filed a response. Having read and considered plaintiff’s motion, the Court rules as follows. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 753(f), “[f]ees for transcripts furnished in [civil] proceedings to persons permitted to appeal in forma pauperis shall . . . be paid by the United States if the trial judge or a circuit judge certifies that the appeal is not frivolous (but presents a substantial question).” See 28 U.S.C. § 753(f). Although, in the…