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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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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TAMMI FUQUA,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-01193-JSC

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR 

TRANSCRIPTS

Re: Dkt. No. 167

Plaintiff Tammi Fuqua, proceeding in forma pauperis, filed a notice of appeal and a request 

for trial transcripts at no cost. Pursuant to statute, before authorizing the provision of transcripts 

using public funds, “the trial judge or a circuit judge [must] certif[y] that the suit or appeal is not 

frivolous and that the transcript is needed to decide the issue presented by the suit or appeal.” 28 

U.S.C. § 753(f). Fuqua’s notice of appeal did not identify the basis for her appeal. 

In order to determine whether Fuqua qualified for transcripts at no cost, the Court

previously issued an order to show cause (dkt. 168) requiring Fuqua to file a response identifying 

the grounds for her appeal no later than December 14, 2018. That date has passed and no response 

has been filed in this Court. Fuqua filed a response to this Court’s order to show cause in the 

docket of her appeal before the Ninth Circuit, but the only reference to error at trial in that filing is 

as follows: “To make a long story short, The grounds for my appeal is jury instructions but not 

limited to this letter.” Fuqua v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., No. 17-18087, ECF Doc. No. 8 (9th Cir. 

Dec. 14, 2018). The Court is unable to determine from that statement any non-frivolous basis for 

appeal that would require consideration of trial transcripts.

The request for trial transcripts at no cost (dkt. 167) is therefore DENIED. If Fuqua 

continues to pursue her appeal without counsel, she is encouraged to review the resources that the 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Ninth Circuit provides for pro se appellants at www.ca9.uscourts.gov/open_case_prose/ . 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2019

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JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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