IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

MICHAEL CURTIS REYNOLDS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 21-CV-901-SMY ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) )

) Respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YANDLE, District Judge: Petitioner Michael Curtis Reynolds filed a habeas corpus petition pursuant to

(Doc. 1). This Court denied the Petition (Doc. 6), and Reynolds appealed to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Doc. 8). Now pending before the Court is Reynolds’ Motion for Leave to Appeal in Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) (Doc. 13). A federal court may permit a party to proceed on appeal without full pre-payment of fees provided the party is indigent and the appeal is taken in good faith.

(a)(1) & (3); FED. R. APP. P. 24(a)(3)(A). An appeal is taken in “good faith” if it seeks review of any issue that is not clearly frivolous, meaning that a reasonable person could suppose it to have at least some legal merit. Lee v. Clinton,

(7th Cir. 2000). Reynolds’ appeal may not be taken in good faith. As the Court previously noted, his Petition was merely an attempt at an end-around previous rulings by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals denying him the opportunity to file successive § 2255 motions and failed to raise any meritorious issues (Doc. 6). Accordingly, Petitioner’s Motion for Leave to Appeal in Forma Pauperis is DENIED. The Court of Clerk is DIRECTED to transmit a copy of this Order to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in accordance with their Order dated August 24, 2022 (Doc. 12). IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: August 26, 2022 Soll Coe STACI M. YANDLE United States District Judge

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