Engel v. CO1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI

EASTERN DIVISION

JOSEPH MICHAEL DEVON ENGEL, )

Plaintiff,

Vv. Case No. 4:20-cv-01912-SEP

CO], et al.,

Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Joseph Michael Devon Engel’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. Doc. [11]. The Court dismissed this action on March 19, 2021, stating that an appeal would not be taken in good faith. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3). It is not apparent that Plaintiff now seeks appellate review of any issue that is not frivolous. See Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 445 (1962). Further, Plaintiff has engaged in the practice of repeatedly filing meritless lawsuits in this Court. At this time, he has filed over one hundred (100) meritless lawsuits in this Court, which is an abuse of the judicial process. For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal will be denied.

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal (Doc. [11]) is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall file any future documents or pleadings in connection with his appeal directly with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Dated this 29" day of June, 2021. de AC. ut

ARAH E. PITLYK

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE