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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

WILLIAM KING,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-03-2672 LKK JFM P

vs.

JAMES NIELSEN,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, an individual serving a civil commitment term at Atascadero State

Hospital proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, sought relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Judgment was entered in this action on September 13, 2005. On September 26, 2005, plaintiff

filed a notice of appeal and a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. 

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

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). This court has not certified that plaintiff’s appeal is not taken in good

faith and has not otherwise found that plaintiff is not entitled to proceed on appeal in forma 

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pauperis. Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal will

be denied as unnecessary.

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

September 26, 2005 motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is denied as unnecessary. 

See Fed. R. App. P. 24(a).

DATED: January 12, 2006.

/s/Lawrence K. Karlton 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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