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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL LOUIS FOSTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

A. ENENMOH,

Defendant.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:08-cv-01849-LJO-SKO PC

Appeal No. 14-15013

NOTICE AND ORDER FINDING THAT 

PLAINTIFF IS NOT ENTITLED TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS ON 

APPEAL

(Doc. 122)

Plaintiff Michael Louis Foster, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, 

filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on December 3, 2008. This case is set 

for jury trial on February 4, 2014, on Plaintiff’s claim for damages against Defendant Enenmoh, a 

prison physician. Plaintiff contends Defendant violated his right to medical care under the Eighth 

Amendment of the United States Constitution while he was incarcerated at California Substance

Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, California.

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On January 2, 2014, Plaintiff filed a notice of appeal of the Court’s Pretrial Order 

dismissing his claims for declaratory and injunctive relief as moot, 18 U.S.C. § 3626(a)(1)(A); 

Alvarez v. Hill, 667 F.3d 1061, 1063-64 (9th Cir. 2012); Rhodes v. Robinson, 408 F.3d 559, 565-

66 n.8 (9th Cir. 2005), and denying his motion for the appointment of an expert witness, Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 706.

 

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Plaintiff is presently incarcerated at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California.

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“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). The test for allowing an appeal in forma 

pauperis is easily met; the good faith requirement is satisfied if the appellant seeks review of any 

issue that is not frivolous. Gardner v. Pogue, 558 F.2d 548, 550-51 (9th Cir. 1977) (citing 

Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 445, 82 S.Ct. 917 (1962)) (quotation marks omitted); 

see also Hooker v. American Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002) (if at least one issue or 

claim is non-frivolous, the appeal must proceed in forma pauperis as a whole). 

In this instance, Plaintiff is attempting to appeal a non-appealable interlocutory order. As 

such, Plaintiff’s appeal is, at this juncture, not taken in good faith, and he should not be permitted 

to proceed in forma pauperis.

Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

1. Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(3)(A), the Court finds that Plaintiff’s appeal was 

not taken in good faith and he should not be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal; and

2. Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(4), the Clerk of the Court shall serve this order on 

the parties and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 6, 2014 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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