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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDRE RAMON CRAVER,

Plaintiff, 2:03-cv-1979-GEB-EFB-P

vs.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis, sought relief pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Judgment was entered in this action on August 29, 2007. On September 6,

2007, plaintiff filed a notice of appeal, and on October 1, 2007, plaintiff filed a motion for leave

to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. 

The Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure provide as follows:

[A] party who has been permitted to proceed in an action in the

district court in forma pauperis . . . may proceed on appeal in forma

pauperis without further authorization unless . . . the district court

shall certify that the appeal is not taken in good faith or shall find

that the party is otherwise not entitled so to proceed . . . . 

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

faith and has not otherwise found that plaintiff is not entitled to proceed on appeal in forma

pauperis. Since plaintiff is already allowed to proceed in forma pauperis, his October 1, 2007

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motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is denied as unnecessary. See Fed. R. App. P.

24(a).

Dated: October 8, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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