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In re Yancey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
Jan 20, 2016
Case No. 15-C-1194 (E.D. Wis. Jan. 20, 2016)

Opinion

Case No. 15-C-1194

01-20-2016

IN RE: LISA RENEE YANCEY


Bankr. Case No. 09-37823

DECISION AND ORDER

Lisa Yancey moves to reconsider the Court's denial of her request to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. Yancey may be poor, but her appeal is taken in bad faith. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); Lee v. Clinton, 209 F.3d 1025, 1026 (7th Cir. 2000) ("to sue in bad faith means merely to sue on the basis of a frivolous claim, which is to say a claim that no reasonable person could suppose to have any merit").

Yancey's motion for reconsideration [ECF No. 12] is DENIED.

Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this 20th day of January, 2016.

SO ORDERED:

/s/ _________

HON. RUDOLPH T. RANDA

U.S. District Judge


Summaries of

In re Yancey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
Jan 20, 2016
Case No. 15-C-1194 (E.D. Wis. Jan. 20, 2016)
Case details for

In re Yancey

Case Details

Full title:IN RE: LISA RENEE YANCEY

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

Date published: Jan 20, 2016

Citations

Case No. 15-C-1194 (E.D. Wis. Jan. 20, 2016)