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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Weltha J. Jones-Rankins, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Cardinal Health, Inc., et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV-12-02360-PHX-DGC

ORDER 

 The Ninth Circuit has asked for this Court’s determination of whether Plaintiff’s in 

forma pauperis (“IFP”) status should continue on appeal or whether her appeal is 

frivolous or taken in bad faith. See Doc. 34; 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); see also Hooker v. 

American Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002) (revocation of IFP status is 

appropriate where district court finds the appeal to be frivolous). 

 Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), an appeal is taken in “good faith” so long as it 

seeks review of any issue that is not “frivolous.” See Coppedge v. United States, 369 

U.S. 438, 444-45 (1962); Gardner v. Pogue, 558 F.2d 548, 551 (9th Cir. 1977). An issue 

is frivolous if it has “no arguable basis in fact or law.” O’Loughlin v. Doe, 920 F.2d 614, 

617 (9th Cir. 1990). 

 The Court found Plaintiff’s claims in this case to be barred by res judicata. 

Docs. 28, 31. For reasons stated in the Court’s orders (Docs. 28, 31), the Court views 

this conclusion as a clearly correct, and finds that Plaintiff’s position to the contrary has 

no arguable basis in fact or law. As a result, the Court concludes that Plaintiff’s appeal is 

frivolous and that her IFP’s status should not continue for purposes of appeal. 

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IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s IFP status is revoked. The Clerk should 

promptly transmit this order to the Ninth Circuit, noting appellate case number 13-16486. 

 Dated this 25th day of July, 2013. 

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