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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 DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION 

JAMES CALVIN FRAZIER, )

) 

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:15cv325-MHT 

) (WO) 

SIBLEY G. REYNOLDS, 

Circuit Court Judge, 

Individual, et al., 

)

) 

)

) 

 Defendants. )

ORDER 

 This cause is now before the court on plaintiff's 

notice of appeal (doc. no. 26), which the court is 

treating as a motion to proceed on appeal in forma 

pauperis. 

 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) provides that, "An 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 

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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, for the reasons stated in the recommendation 

of the magistrate judge, that the plaintiff's appeal is 

without a legal 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). 

 *** 

 Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the plaintiff's 

motion to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis is 

denied; and that the appeal in this cause is certified, 

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), as not taken in good 

faith.

 DONE, this the 7th day of August, 2015. 

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson____ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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