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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ADRIAN JOE WHITE,

Plaintiff,

vs.

JONATHAN BETTIS RUSKOVISH, et al., 

Defendants.

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1:14-cv-01835-AWI-BAM

Appeal No. 15-17313

ORDER REVOKING IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS STATUS 

By notice entered November 30, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth 

Circuit referred this matter to the District 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. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); see also Hooker v. American Airlines, 302 F.3d 

1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002) (revocation of in forma pauperis status is appropriate where the 

District Court finds the appeal to be frivolous). 

Permitting litigants to proceed in forma pauperis is a privilege, not a right. Franklin v. 

Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1231 (9th Cir. 1984); Williams v. Field, 394 F.2d 329, 332 (9th Cir., 

cert. denied, 393 U.S. 891 (1968); Williams v. Marshall, 795 F.Supp. 978, 978-79 (N.D. Cal.

1992). If a plaintiff with in forma pauperis status brings a case without arguable substance in 

law and fact, the court may declare the case frivolous. Franklin, 745 F.2d at 1227. 

Here, Plaintiff is appealing the Court’s dismissal of this action for lack of subject matter 

jurisdiction. Although the Court granted Plaintiff leave to amend, Plaintiff was unable to cure 

this deficiency. There is no basis for federal jurisdiction in this case, and an appeal of that 

decision would be frivolous. IFP status should not continue on appeal.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The appeal is declared frivolous and not taken in good faith;

2. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), Plaintiff is not entitled to proceed in forma 

pauperis in Appeal No. 15-17313, filed November 23, 2015;

3. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 24(a)(4), this Order serves as notice 

to the parties and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit of the 

finding that Plaintiff is not entitled to proceed in forma pauperis for this appeal; and 

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this Order on Plaintiff and the 

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 3, 2015 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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