Harris v. County of Lake
- Haywood Gilliam
- 4:20-cv-09329
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Harris v. County of Lake, Judge Gilliam denied appeal fee-waiver status and revoked Harris’s status after finding the appeal frivolous; the case remains closed.
James La Vell Harris’s ability to proceed without paying fees on appeal; the case remains closed.
What happened
James La Vell Harris appealed in Harris v. County of Lake, a case in which he had permission to proceed without paying court fees.
After a referral from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the district court found that the appeal was frivolous.
Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. denied Harris permission to proceed without paying fees on appeal and revoked his fee-waiver status. The case remains closed, and the clerk was ordered to send the order to the appeals court.
The detailed version
- Harris v. County of Lake · No. 4:20-cv-09329
- Haywood Gilliam
- June 29, 2021
Background
The opinion concerns James La Vell Harris’s appeal. The district court received a referral notice from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dated June 22, 2021. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the issues raised in the appeal.
Ruling
The court found that the appeal was frivolous, meaning it lacked a sufficient legal basis under the court’s finding. It denied Harris leave to proceed without paying fees on appeal and revoked his permission to proceed without paying fees. The court stated that the case remains closed.
The clerk was ordered to send a copy of the order to the Court of Appeals. Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. signed the order.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.