Mumin v. Frakes

The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals addressing Appellant’s successive appeals from district court orders denying successive applications to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). Appellant filed the applications in connection with his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus. On the merits of the second appeal, the court of appeals concluded that Appellant was asserting a frivolous legal position in his habeas petition and thus affirmed the district court’s order denying IFP on appeal. The court then held the first appeal under submission to give Appellant an opportunity to pay the statutory docket fee. The Supreme Court remanded with directions to vacate the district court’s order in the second appeal and, in the first appeal, to affirm the district court’s denial of Appellant’s original IFP application, holding (1) Appellant’s appeals were governed by Glass v. Kenney, 687 N.W.2d 907 (Neb. 2004), not State v. Carter, 870 N.W.2d 641 (Neb. 2015); (2) with respect to the second appeal the district court erred in denying Appellant’s application to proceed IFP on appeal; and (3) with respect to the first appeal, the lower courts correctly concluded that Appellant’s habeas petition asserted a frivolous legal position. View "Mumin v. Frakes" on Justia Law