Robert L. Baugh v. Joe Max Taylor Eric Nevelow Perry Evans

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• holding that courts “retain the discretion to certify under section 1915(a)(3) that [in forma pauperis] appeals, from prisoners and nonprisoners alike, are not taken in good faith”
• noting that the merits of the appeal may be “so intertwined with the certification decision as to constitute the same issue”
• noting that in context of a motion for IFP, if the appeal is frivolous, this court may dismiss appeal sua sponte under 5th CiR. R. 42.2
• recognizing the applicability of § 1915(a)(3) to suits brought by “prisoners and nonprison-ers alike”
• “When the prisoner opts to challenge the certification decision, the motion must be directed solely to the trial court’s reasons for the certification decision.”

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