UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION JEROME WILLIAMS, JR., ) Petitioner, Vv. No. 2:19-cv-00470-JPH-MJD B. LAMMER, Respondent. Order Denying Request to Proceed on Appeal Jn Forma Pauperis The petitioner seeks leave to proceed on appeal without prepayment of the appellate fees of $505.00. An appeal may not be taken in forma pauperis if the trial court certifies that the appeal is taken in good faith. 28 U.S.C. § 1915; see Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438 (1962). “Good faith” within the meaning of § 1915 must be judged by an objective, not a subjective, standard. See id. There is no objectively reasonable argument the petitioner could present to argue that the denial of his petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 when he previously raised the claims he raises in that petition was erroneous. In pursuing an appeal, therefore, the petitioner “is acting in bad faith ... [because] 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.” Lee v. Clinton, 209 F.3d 1025, 1026 (7th Cir. 2000). Accordingly, his appeal is not taken in good faith, and for this reason his request for leave to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis, dkt [26], is denied. His motion for a status update, dkt. [27], is denied as moot. SO ORDERED. Date: 12/9/2020 Jamu Pataick Hanlore James Patrick Hanlon United States District Judge | Southern District of Indiana Distribution: JEROME WILLIAMS, JR. 09749-027 SPRINGFIELD - MCFP SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTER/FEDERAL PRISONERS Inmate Mail/Parcels P.O. BOX 4000 SPRINGFIELD, MO 65801 All Electronically Registered Counsel