UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION JOSEPH MICHAEL DEVON ENGEL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Vv. ) Case No. 4:20-cv-01803-SEP ) HILLSBORO POLICE DEPT., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Joseph Michael Devon Engel’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. Doc. [8]. The Court dismissed this action on April 23, 2021, and certified in writing that an appeal would not be taken in good faith. See Docs. [4], [5];

(a)(3). Itis not apparent that Plaintiff now seeks appellate review of any issue that is not frivolous. See Coppedge v. United States,

(1962). Furthermore, Plaintiff has repeatedly filed meritless lawsuits in this Court, which has found his litigation practices to be an abuse of the judicial process. See Doc. [4]. Contrary to Plaintiff's allegations in the instant motion, Plaintiff has filed at least three actions that were dismissed because they were frivolous, malicious, or failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.! Accordingly, he has accumulated three “strikes” as defined in

(g), and his averments do not establish he is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. For all of the foregoing reasons, the Court finds that Plaintiff may not proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal (Doc. [8]) is DENIED. Dated this 29" day of June, 2021. a / dak E tu SARAH E. PITLYK UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

| See Engel v. Governor of Missouri, No. 1:20-cv-00217-HEA (E.D. Mo. Dec. 15, 2020); Engel v. United States of America, No. 4:20-cv-01742-MTS (E.D. Mo. Dec. 18, 2020); Engel v. Missouri Courts, No. 4:20-cv-01258-SPM (E.D. Mo. Dec. 21, 2020).