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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK C. FAUROT, II 

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-05-0341 LKK KJM P

vs.

TERHUNE, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis, sought relief pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Judgment was entered in this action on November 30, 2006. On December

28, 2006, plaintiff filed a notice of appeal and a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on

appeal.1

The Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure provide as follows:

[A] party who has been permitted to proceed in an action in the

district court in forma pauperis . . . may proceed on appeal in forma

pauperis without further authorization unless . . . the district court

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shall certify that the appeal is not taken in good faith or shall find

that the party is otherwise not entitled so to proceed . . . . 

Fed. R. App. P. 24(a). On February 13, 2007, the court found that plaintiff’s appeal was not

taken in good faith. Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on

appeal is denied.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion

to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is denied. See Fed. R. App. P. 24(a).

DATED: March 6, 2007.

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