United States Ninth Circuit

When a defendant challenges a prisoner's right to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), the defendant bears the burden of producing sufficient evidence to establish that 28 U.S.C. section 1915(g) bars the plaintiff's IFP status.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/13/2004
• Decided 02/11/2005
• Published 02/11/2005

Judges

• Before:  FERNANDEZ, PAEZ, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rohit K. Singla, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant., Barbara L. Herwig and Stephanie R. Marcus, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the intervenor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Maria G. Chan, Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellees.