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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

RICHARD HART,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CSP-SOLANO, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. CIV S-02-0577 JKS-P

O R D E R

This is a § 1983 action brought by prisoner Plaintiff Richard Hart challenging grooming

regulations that require him to cut his hair. On July 11, 2005, this Court dismissed Hart’s claims

and entered judgment in favor of the State. Docket Nos. 54; 55. On August 5, 2005, Hart filed his

notice of appeal. Docket No. 56. He subsequently filed—in this Court rather than in the appellate

court—a motion to proceed with his appeal in formera pauperis because he is unable to afford the

costs associated with the appeal. Docket No. 60. He provides an affidavit and documentary

evidence to that effect.

Section 1915(a)(3) of Title 28 prevents a prisoner from obtaining in formera pauperis status

on appeal if the trial court determines that the appeal is “not taken in good faith.” Whatever the

Court’s position on the reasonableness of Hart’s appellate prospects may have been, it is clear that

given the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Warsoldier v. Woodford, __ F.3d __, 2005 WL 1792117

(9th Cir. July 29, 2005), his appeal is certainly taken in good faith. Accordingly, the motion to

proceed in forma pauperis at Docket No. 60 is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this 2nd day of September 2005.

/s/ James K. Singleton, Jr.

JAMES K. SINGLETON, JR. 

United States District Judge 

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