Rolland v. Primesource Staffing, L.L.C.

ORDER

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Ronnie Rolland seeks leave from this court to proceed in forma pauperis, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and Fed. R.App. P. 24. He wishes to appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Defendants-Appellees (collectively, “Prime-source”) on his claim that Primesource discriminatorily terminated his employment based upon his race, in violation of Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981.

Before considering Rolland’s Rule 24 motion, we first address our authority to entertain it in light of apparently contrary statutory language in 28…