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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RODNEY C. BUCKLEY, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

GIBSON, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:13-cv-515-GEB-EFB P 

ORDER 

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, filed an application for a writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Judgment was entered in this action on August 5, 

2015. On September 8, 2015, petitioner filed a notice of appeal, a request for appointment of 

counsel and a request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

 The Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure provide as follows: 

A party who was permitted to proceed in forma pauperis in the district-court action 

. . . may proceed on appeal in forma pauperis without further authorization unless 

the district court . . . certifies that the appeal is not taken in good faith or finds that 

the party is not otherwise entitled to proceed in forma pauperis . . . . 

Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(3). This court has not certified that petitioner’s appeal is not taken in good 

faith and has not otherwise found that he is not entitled to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s motion for leave to proceed in 

forma pauperis on appeal (ECF No. 31) is denied as unnecessary. Petitioner’s motion for 

appointment of counsel (ECF No. 32) is denied without prejudice to renewal before the Court of 

Appeals. 

Dated: September 10, 2015. 

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