holding that “an order denying in forma pauperis status is a final, appealable order”
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- holding that “an order denying in forma pauperis status is a final, appealable order”
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
EASTERN DISTRICT
SERGEI KOVALEV, : No. 4 EAL 2020
:
Petitioner :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal
: from the Unpublished Order of the
v. : Superior Court at No. 2899 EDA
: 2019 entered on December 3, 2019,
: quashing the Order of the
BOARD OF REVISION OF TAXES CITY OF : Philadelphia County Court of
PHILADELPHIA, : Common Pleas at No. 190801136
: entered on September 23, 2019
Respondent :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 8th day of July, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED, and the order of the Superior Court is VACATED. See Grant v. Blaine, 868
A.2d 400, 402 (Pa. 2005) (holding that “an order denying in forma pauperis status is a
final, appealable order”). The matter is REMANDED to the Superior Court for
consideration of the propriety and advisability of a transfer of the appeal to the
Commonwealth Court, see 42 Pa.C.S. §704(a), as well as further proceedings, in one of
those courts, on the underlying appeal.
The Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis is GRANTED, limited to the filing of
the Petition for Allowance of Appeal.