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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GUILLERMO CRUZ TRUJILLO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

M. CHAPPUIS, Correctional Counselor, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:18-cv-0193 KJM KJN P 

[Ninth Cir. Case No. 20-15101] 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se. On February 28, 2020, pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1) the Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded the January 28, 2020 magistrate 

judge’s order (MJ Order, ECF No. 72) revoking appellant’s in forma pauperis status for his 

appeal. See ECF No. 75 (appellate remand). The record indicates the magistrate judge issued 

findings and recommendations on November 8, 2018, recommending revocation of plaintiff’s in 

forma pauperis status. F&Rs, ECF No. 42. Plaintiff filed objections to the findings and 

recommendations. Obj., ECF No. 47. On August 5, 2019, after considering those objections, this 

court granted defendant’s motion to revoke plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status. Order, ECF 

No. 54. Plaintiff never paid the filing fee as then required, and ultimately this court dismissed his 

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case for this reason. See ECF Nos. 60, 66.1 For all the foregoing reasons, the court finds 

plaintiff’s appeal is not taken in good faith and therefore plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma 

pauperis on appeal is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 11, 2020. 

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 While plaintiff submitted a new motion to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 64, that 

motion raised no new issues and in any event was mooted by the court’s dismissal of his case, 

ECF No. 66. 

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