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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION

JERRY RANDOLPH McBEE,

# 105694,

 

 Petitioner,

 v.

LEEPOSEY DANIELS, Warden,

and LUTHER STRANGE, 

Alabama Attorney General,

 Respondents.

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 CIVIL ACTION NO.

 1:14cv1230-MHT

(WO)

 

 

JERRY RANDOLPH McBEE,

# 105694,

 

 Petitioner,

 v.

LEEPOSEY DANIELS, Warden,

and LUTHER STRANGE, 

Alabama Attorney General,

 Respondents.

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 CIVIL ACTION NO.

 1:15cv15-MHT

(WO)

ORDER

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These cases are now before the court on 

petitioner's notice of appeal (doc. no. 31), which the 

court is treating as a motion to proceed on appeal in 

forma pauperis.

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) provides that "[a]n appeal 

may not be taken in forma pauperis if the trial court 

certifies in writing that it is not taken in good 

faith." In making this determination as to good faith, 

a court must use an objective standard, such as whether 

the appeal is "frivolous," Coppedge v. United States, 

369 U.S. 438, 445 (1962), or "has no substantive 

merit." United States v. Bottoson, 644 F.2d 1174, 1176 

(5th Cir. Unit B May 15, 1981) (per curiam), cert. 

denied, 454 U.S. 903 (1981); see also Rudolph v. Allen, 

666 F.2d 519, 520 (11th Cir. 1982) (per curiam), cert. 

denied, 457 U.S. 1122 (1982); Morris v. Ross, 663 F.2d 

1032 (11th Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 1010 

(1982). Applying this standard, this court is of the 

opinion that the petitioner's appeal is without a legal 

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or factual basis and, accordingly, is frivolous and not 

taken in good faith. See, e.g., Rudolph v. Allen, 

supra; Brown v. Pena, 441 F. Supp. 1382 (S.D. Fla. 

1977), aff'd without opinion, 589 F.2d 1113 (5th Cir. 

1979).

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Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the petitioner's

motion to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis is 

denied; and that the appeal in these cases is 

certified, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), as not 

taken in good faith.

DONE, this the 17th day of August, 2015.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 

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