No. 20-7693

Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. C. Joksch, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-1915 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-appeal pro-se-litigant standing three-strikes
Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Is a prisoner who is found to have THREE STRIKES pursuant to 28 UCS 1915 entitled to a ONE TIME appeal on the merits of this finding?

2. Does the Court of Appeal have jurisdiction to DECIDE an appeal BEFORE grahting/denying an indigent Appellants Rule 24 request for In Forma Pauperis status?

3. Were Petitioner's appeal for the District Court's dismissal of his ENTIRE complaint for Misjoinder a FRIVILOUS appeal?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a prisoner who is found to have three strikes pursuant to 28 USC 1915 entitled to a one-time appeal on the merits of this finding?

Docket Entries

2021-05-17
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2021-04-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-26
Waiver of right of respondent C. Joksch to respond filed.
2021-04-20
Waiver of right of respondent F. Foulk to respond filed.
2021-03-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 10, 2021)

Attorneys

C. Joksch
Gabrielle DeSantis NieldNield Law Group APC, Respondent
F. Foulk
David Charles GoodwinState of California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Keenan G. Wilkins
Keenan G. Wilkins — Petitioner