Ward
Ward v. Lawrence
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANJALI WARD, et al., Case No. 19-cv-00183-JST
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE: IN FORMA PAUPERIS
v. STATUS ON APPEAL
JUDITH ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, et al., Re: ECF Nos. 206, 209 Defendants.
12 Plaintiffs Anjali Ward and Lila Cast have filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. ECF No. 206. In addition, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has referred the 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.” ECF No. 209. The Court dismissed Plaintiffs’ second amended complaint with leave to amend certain claims, ECF No. 195, and subsequently dismissed the case for failure to prosecute after Plaintiffs failed to file a third amended complaint, ECF No. 204. “An appeal may not be taken in forma pauperis if the trial court certifies in writing that it is not taken in good faith.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3). It is…