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Parties Involved:
Michael Hines
Plaintiff
W.L. Muniz
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL HINES,

Petitioner,

v.

W. L. MUNIZ, Acting Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-02428-DMR (PR)

ORDER DENYING LEAVE TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

ON APPEAL

This matter is now before the Court for consideration of Petitioner’s motion for leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. Petitioner’s pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 

28 U.S.C. § 2254—challenging the April 16, 2015 decision by the California Board of Parole 

Hearings denying him parole—was denied on the merits pursuant to Swarthout v. Cooke, 562 U.S. 

216, 220-21 (2011). A certificate of appealability was denied in the same Order. Petitioner has 

filed a notice of appeal and a motion for leave to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis. The

certificate of appealability was denied because “no reasonable jurist would find the denial of his 

claims debatable or wrong.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). For the same reason, 

Petitioner’s appeal is not taken in “good faith” and consequently leave to proceed on appeal in 

forma pauperis is DENIED. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3).

This Order terminates Docket No. 10.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21, 2015

______________________________________

DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL HINES,

Plaintiff,

v.

W.L. MUNIZ,

Defendant.

Case No. 4:15-cv-02428-DMR 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on December 21, 2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Michael Hines ID: E-48946

Salinas Valley State Prison

P.O. Box 1050

Soledad, CA 93960 

Dated: December 21, 2015

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable DONNA M. RYU

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