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Parties Involved:
Samuel D. Felleke
Defendant
Rebecca T. Shumye
Plaintiff

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The matter was reassigned to the undersigned on April 7, 2008.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

REBECCA T. SHUMYE,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SAMUEL D. FELLEKE,

Defendant /

No. C-06-3322 MMC

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS ON APPEAL

The Court is in receipt of plaintiff’s Application To Proceed In Forma Pauperis, filed

April 8, 2008, by which plaintiff seeks permission to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal.

On June 13, 2006, the Court1

 granted plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma

pauperis before the district court. On April 4, 2008, the Court filed an “Order: (1) Granting

in Part and Denying in Part Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [and] (2) Denying

Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment” (“Order”). On April 8, 2008, plaintiff filed a

“Notice of Appeal” from the Order, as well as a “Petition for Review” of the Order.

A party who has been permitted to proceed in forma pauperis in a district court

action may proceed on appeal in forma pauperis, unless the district court “certifies that the

appeal is not taken in good faith.” See Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(3). Here, plaintiff seeks to

appeal an interlocutory order, i..e, an order that is nonappealable. See Simons v. United

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States, 497 F. 2d 1046, 1050 (9th Cir. 1974) (holding order denying motion for summary

judgment is “nonappealable order”); see also LaTrieste Restaurant & Cabaret, Inc. v.

Village of Port Chester, 96 F. 3d 598, 599 (2nd Cir. 1996) (stating general rule that order

granting partial summary judgment is nonappealable order). Consequently, the Court

“certifies that the appeal is not taken in good faith.” See Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(3).

Accordingly, plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is hereby

DENIED.

The Clerk is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Ninth Circuit Court of

Appeals.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 14, 2008 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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