Opinion
No. 06-cv-01697-MCE-GGH P.
January 8, 2008
ORDER
Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis, sought relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Judgment was entered in this action on December 6, 2007. On December 19, 2007, plaintiff filed a notice of appeal and on December 28, 2007, a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal.
The Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure provide 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.P. 24(a). This Court has not certified that plaintiff's appeal is not taken in good faith and has not otherwise found that plaintiff is not entitled to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis. Accordingly, plaintiff'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 plaintiff's December 28, 2007, motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is denied as unnecessary. See Fed.R.App.P. 24(a).