Opinion
8:19-cv-2430-WFJ-CPT
08-02-2021
STEPHANIE NORMAN, Plaintiff, v. H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Defendant.
ORDER
WILLIAM F. JUNG UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court is Plaintiff's construed motions to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis (Dkts. 70, 71). The magistrate judge issued a thorough and well-reasoned report recommending in forma pauperis status to proceed on appeal be denied (Dkt. 72). The time for filing objections has passed.
The Court reviews the legal conclusions de novo in the absence of an objection. See LeCroy v. McNeil, 397 Fed.Appx. 554, 556 (11th Cir. 2010) (citation omitted); Cooper-Houston v. S. Ry. Co., 37 F.3d 603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994). The magistrate judge found the Plaintiff is not indigent for purposes of appeal and the appeal is without arguable merit either in law or fact. Dkt. 72 at 2-3 (citing Fed. R. App. P. 24 and 28 U.S.C. § 1915). For all the reasons explained in the Report and Recommendation, and in conjunction with an independent examination of the file, the Court rules as follows:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Dkt. 72) is confirmed, approved, and adopted in all respects and is hereby made a part of this Order.
2. Plaintiff's motions to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis (Dkts. 70, 71) are denied.
3. The Clerk is directed to notify the Court of Appeals of this ruling in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 24(a)(4).
DONE AND ORDERED.