Todd v. Haddon, No. 2:2019cv00700 - Document 46 (D. Utah 2023)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER on Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis on Appeal. Petitioner must within thirty days file with the Court a certified copy of Petitioner's inmate-account statement, for the six-month period before fi ling of the notice of appeal on November 21, 2022, and a document showing legally and factually based, reasoned, nonfrivolous arguments supporting his appellate challenges. If Petitioner does not fully comply, his application will be denied. Signed by Judge David Barlow on 8/3/2023. (mh)
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Todd v. Haddon Doc. 46 Case 2:19-cv-00700-DBB Document 46 Filed 08/03/23 PageID.936 Page 1 of 2 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF UTAH SHAYNE E. TODD, Petitioner, MEMORANDUM DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS ON APPEAL v. Case No. 2:19-cv-00700 DBB BRIAN NIELSON et al., District Judge David Barlow Respondents. Petitioner, Shayne E. Todd, applies to proceed on appeal without prepaying the appellate filing fee. See 28 U.S.C.S. § 1915 (2023). However, Petitioner has not submitted two required pieces of information that would allow this Court to rule on the application: (1) “a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the prisoner for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the [appeal] . . . obtained from the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner is or was confined,” see id. § 1915(a)(2) (emphasis added); and (2) a showing of “the existence of a reasoned, nonfrivolous argument on the law and facts in support of the issues raised on appeal,” Valles v. Hansen, 743 F. App’x 162, 165 (10th Cir. 2018) (citing DeBardeleben v. Quinlan, 937 F.2d 502, 505 (10th Cir. 1991)); see 28 U.S.C.S. § 1915(a)(3) (2023) (“An appeal may not be taken in forma pauperis if the trial court certifies in writing that it is not taken in good faith.”). IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner must within thirty days file with the Court a certified copy of Petitioner’s inmate-account statement, for the six-month period before filing of the notice of appeal on November 21, 2022, and a document showing legally and factually based, Dockets.Justia.com Case 2:19-cv-00700-DBB Document 46 Filed 08/03/23 PageID.937 Page 2 of 2 reasoned, nonfrivolous arguments supporting his appellate challenges. If Petitioner does not fully comply, his application will be denied. DATED this 3rd day of August, 2023. BY THE COURT: ______________________________________ JUDGE DAVID BARLOW United States District Court 2
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