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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LORENZO COMMONS LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

ROBERT EBERWEIN,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-04588-EMC 

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL IN 

FORMA PAUPERIS

Docket No. 10

Plaintiff Lorenzo Commons LLC initiated this unlawful detainer action in state court. 

Defendant Robert Eberwein subsequently removed the case to federal court. This Court granted 

Mr. Eberwein’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, but remanded to state court for lack 

of subject matter jurisdiction. See Docket. No. 6. Now pending before the Court is Mr. 

Eberwein’s motion for leave to appeal in forma pauperis. “A party who was permitted to proceed 

in forma pauperis in the district-court action . . . may proceed on appeal in forma pauperis without 

further authorization, unless: . . . the district court . . . certifies that the appeal is not taken in good 

faith . . . or . . . a statute provides otherwise.” Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(3). Here, Mr. Eberwein’s 

appeal of this Court’s remand order is barred by statute. See 28 U.S.C. 1447(d) (“An order 

remanding a case to the State court from which it was removed is not reviewable on appeal or 

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otherwise.”). Moreover, even if Mr. Eberwein could appeal, this Court would conclude that his 

appeal was not taken in good faith because Mr. Eberwein has never asserted any basis for federal 

jurisdiction. Accordingly, the Court hereby DENIES the motion. 

This order disposes of Docket No. 10.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 30, 2016

______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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