Ortega v. Santa Clara County Jail ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CARLOS A. ORTEGA, Case No. 19-cv-00319-HSG 8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS ON 9 v. APPEAL 10 A. FLORES, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 5 13 Plaintiff, a California prisoner, filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. S 14 § 1983. Pursuant to the December 30, 2019 referral notice from the United States Court of 3 15 || Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Court finds that the appeal is frivolous and therefore leave to 16 || proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is DENIED and plaintiff's in forma pauperis status is 5 17 REVOKED. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); Hooker v. American Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th 5 1g || Cir. 2002). This case remains closed. The Clerk shall transmit a copy of this order to the Court of 19 || Appeals. 20 IT IS SO ORDERED. 91 || Dated: 1/13/2020 22 Alairered 8 Mbt HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 23 United States District Judge 24 25 26 27 28