Opinion
No. CIV S-06-1849 JAM CHS P.
May 19, 2009
ORDER
Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis, sought relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This action was terminated on March 18, 2009. On May 12, 2009, petitioner filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal.
Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure provides as follows:
a party who has been permitted to proceed in an action in the district court in forma pauperis . . . may proceed on appeal in forma pauperis without further authorization unless . . . the district court shall certify that the appeal is not taken in good faith or shall find that the party is otherwise not entitled so to proceed. . . .
Fed.R.App. 24. Since the district court has not certified that petitioner's appeal is not taken in good faith or otherwise found that petitioner is not entitled to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis, petitioner's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal will be denied as unnecessary.
In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner's May 12, 2009 motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is denied as unnecessary. See Fed.R.App.P. 24.