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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

YASIR MEHMOOD,

Petitioner,

v.

NEVADA SOUTHERN DETENTION 

CENTER, et al.,

Respondents.

No. 2:15-cv-1728 GEB CKD P

ORDER

Petitioner, a Nevada prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis, sought relief pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2241. Judgment was entered in this action on September 25, 2015. On October 16, 

2015, petitioner filed a notice of appeal and 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 petitioner’s appeal is not taken in good 

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

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pauperis. Accordingly, petitioner’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal will 

be denied as unnecessary.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s motion to 

proceed in forma pauperis on appeal (ECF No. 11) is denied as unnecessary. See Fed. R. App. P. 

24(a).

Dated: October 22, 2015

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mehm1728.4b

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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