_____________________D_I_S_T_R__I_C_T_ _O__F_ M__I_N_N__E_S_O__T_A__ ___________________ JOEL MARVIN MUNT, Civil No. 18-17 (JRT/KMM) Petitioner, v. ORDER GRANTING IFP STATUS ON APPEAL EDIE MILES, Respondent. __________________________________________________________________ This matter is before the Court on petitioner Joel Marvin Munt’s application for in forma pauperis (“IFP”) status on appeal. (App., June 7, 2018, Docket No. 12.) The Court has reviewed the financial information submitted by Munt and concludes that he qualifies financially for IFP status. Moreover, although the Court declined to issue a certificate of appealability,1 “[t]he standard for granting an application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis . . . is a lower standard than the standard for certificates of appealability.” Moore v. Haas, Civil No. 13-12225, 2013 WL 5819593, at *6 (E.D. Mich. Oct. 29, 2013); accord United States v. Youngblood, 116 F.3d 1113, 1115 (5th Cir. 1997). Munt’s appeal is not frivolous as the Supreme Court has defined that term. Accordingly, the Court will grant Munt’s IFP application. Therefore, based on the foregoing, and on all of the files, records, and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. Petitioner Joel Marvin Munt’s application to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal [Docket No. 12] is GRANTED. 1 Munt has also renewed his request for a certificate of appealability. (See Mot. for Certificate of Appealability, June 7, 2018, Docket No. 13.) Although docketed here, the motion was appropriately addressed to the Eighth Circuit Court TRANSFERRED to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. DATED: July 25, 2018 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. ______s/John R. Tunheim_________ JOHN R. TUNHEIM Chief Judge United States District Court