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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES LA VELL HARRIS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

LAKE COUNTY, ET AL.,

Defendant. /

No. C 15-05580 WHA

ORDER REVOKING IN FORMA

PAUPERIS STATUS ON APPEAL

A previous order dismissed plaintiff James Harris’ pro se complaint as plainly frivolous

and allowed him to seek leave to amend (Dkt. No. 10). The complaint alleged that plaintiff is a

lifetime user of marijuana and that defendants Lake County Sheriff’s Department and several of

its officers discriminated against him by failing to provide him with marijuana while he was in

jail. The order dismissing the complaint also noted that plaintiff is no stranger to the federal

courts and has filed several civil actions in this district alleging that the Lake County Sheriff’s

Department denied him “access to and the use of both spiritual and medical marijuana” (Compl.

at ¶28). 

Now, our court of appeals has referred plaintiff’s appeal to the district court to determine

whether plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status should continue on appeal. In Hooker v. American

Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002), our court of appeals held that revocation of IFP

status is appropriate where the district court finds the appeal to be frivolous. Based on

plaintiff’s allegations, his declination to seek leave to amend his complaint, and his pattern of 

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United States District Court

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filing frivolous lawsuits, this order finds plaintiff’s appeal to be frivolous and hereby REVOKES

PLAINTIFF’S IFP STATUS. The CLERK SHALL PLEASE SERVE THIS ORDER on the United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 8, 2016. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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