Langworthy v. Clallam County Sheriff

Opinion

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4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 GENEVA LANGWORTHY, Case No. 3:24-cv-05340-TMC 8 Plaintiff, ORDER ON REFERRAL NOTICE AND 9 REVOKING IN FORMA PAUPERIS v. STATUS 10 CLALLAM COUNTY SHERIFF; ALEX 11 SCHODOWSKI; DAVE NEUPERT; BRENT 12 BASDEN; AURORA BEARSE, 13 Defendants. 14

15 This matter comes before the Court on the August 12, 2024 Referral Notice from the 16 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. On July 23, 2024, the Court dismissed this case pursuant to 28 17 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). U.S. Magistrate Judge David W. Christel had previously granted pro se 18 plaintiff Geneva Langworthy’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Dkt. 3. 19 In the pending Referral Notice, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals referred this case to 20 this Court for the limited purpose of determining whether Ms. Langworthy’s in forma pauperis 21 (“IFP”) status “should continue for this appeal or whether the appeal is frivolous or taken in bad 22 faith.” Dkt. 21 (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) and Hooker v. American Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 23 1092 (9th Cir. 2002)). The Court revokes Ms. Langworthy’s IFP status on appeal, as her claims 24 1 and her appeal are frivolous for the reasons explained in the Court’s July 23, 2024 screening 2 order. Dkt. 17. 3 The Clerk is directed to send uncertified copies of this Order to all counsel of record and

4 to any party appearing pro se at said party’s last known address. 5 Dated this 13th day of August, 2024. 6 A 7 Tiffany M. Cartwright 8 United States District Judge

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