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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN SHAW,

Plaintiff,

v.

ORRY P. KORB, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 14-1246 NC (PR)

ORDER CERTIFYING THAT

APPEAL IS NOT TAKEN IN GOOD

FAITH

On March 17, 2014, Plaintiff filed the instant pro se prisoner complaint under 42

U.S.C. § 1983 alleging the prison official defendants engaged in retaliation against Plaintiff. 

On May 15, 2014, the complaint was dismissed with leave to amend, and the Court directed

Plaintiff to file an amended complaint curing specific deficiencies if Plaintiff could do so in

good faith. On June 23, 2014, after having received no further communication from Plaintiff,

the Court dismissed this action without prejudice, and entered judgment. Thereafter, on July

14, 2014, Plaintiff filed a request to file a late response, which the Court construed as a

motion for reconsideration. In the request, Plaintiff alleged that he had suffered injuries on

March 24, 2014, and intimated that because of those injuries, he was unable to meet the

Court’s deadline. On February 19, 2015, the Court denied Plaintiff’s motion on the basis that

Plaintiff had failed to satisfy any of the factors in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). 

Plaintiff has now filed a notice of appeal. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has

referred the case to this Court for a determination as to whether Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis

(“IFP”) status should be revoked. Rule 24(a)(3) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

provides that a party granted leave to proceed IFP in district court may continue in that status

on appeal unless the district court certifies that the appeal is not taken in good faith. Section

1915(a)(3) of Title 28 of the United States Code similarly provides that an appeal may not be

taken IFP if the trial court certifies it is not taken in good faith. “Not taken in good faith”

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United States District Court

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means “frivolous.” Ellis v. United States, 356 U.S. 674, 674-75 (1958); Hooker v. American

Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002) (order). 

This Court certifies that the instant appeal is frivolous and not taken in good faith. 

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s IFP status is hereby REVOKED. 

The Clerk shall send a copy of this Order to the parties and to the Ninth Circuit Court

of Appeals.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

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