Opinion
1:22-CV-9140 (LTS)
10-28-2022
JAMES BELL, Plaintiff, v. INTERGEN HEALTH MANAGEMENT, Defendant.
ORDER
LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN, Chief United States District Judge:
By order dated August 29, 2022, in Bell v. Intergen Health Mgmt., 1:22-CV-7338, the Court directed Plaintiff to submit, within 30 days, a signed signature page for his complaint in that action because the complaint lacked a signature page with Plaintiff's original signature. ECF 1:22-CV-7338, 3. Plaintiff has not submitted a signature page in that action. On October 24, 2022, Plaintiff filed the complaint that commenced the present action; it is virtually identical to the complaint filed in Bell, 1:22-CV-7338, and Plaintiff has signed it.
In light of the fact that Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in both Bell, 1:22-CV-7338, and in the present action, the Court construes the complaint filed in the present action as an amended complaint, filed in compliance with the Court's August 29, 2022, order, in Bell, 1:22-CV-7338.
The Court directs the Clerk of Court to file the complaint in the present action, ECF 1:22-CV-9140, 1, as an amended complaint in Bell, 1:22-CV-7338. The Court also directs the Clerk of Court to administratively close this action, and to docket a copy of this order in Bell, 1:22-CV-7338.
The Court certifies under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore in forma pauperis status is denied for the purpose of an appeal. Cf. Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 444-45 (1962) (holding that an appellant demonstrates good faith when he seeks review of a nonfrivolous issue).
SO ORDERED.