Bass v. Citi Global Markets, Inc.
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:24-cv-04586
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Bass v. Citi Global Markets, Judge Swain ordered Bass to pay $405 or submit an IFP application within 30 days.
Robert C. Bass must either pay the required filing fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying them. If he does neither within the allowed time and does not request an extension, the action will be dismissed without prejudice to refiling. Citi Global Markets, Inc. was not yet required to respond.
What happened
Bass v. Citi Global Markets, Inc. was submitted to the Southern District of New York by email and assigned a docket number. The court had not yet required Citi Global Markets, Inc. to respond.
The court ordered Robert C. Bass to pay $405 in fees or submit a signed application to proceed without paying the fees upfront within 30 days. The court said it would take no further action and issue no summons until one of those steps occurred.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that failure to comply, or to request more time, would result in dismissal without prejudice to refiling. She also denied fee-free status for any appeal from the order.
The detailed version
- Bass v. Citi Global Markets, Inc. · No. 1:24-cv-04586
- Valerie Caproni
- June 27, 2024
Background
Robert C. Bass submitted this civil action to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by email. The court explained that a plaintiff starting a civil action must either pay the required fees or ask for permission to proceed without paying them upfront. The $405 amount consisted of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee.
Order
The court ordered Bass, within 30 days of the order, to either pay $405 or complete, sign, and submit the attached application to proceed without prepaying fees. The order stated that no further action would be taken and no summons would issue until the fees were paid or a completed and signed application was received. If Bass submitted the required materials, the Clerk’s Office would process the case under its usual procedures. If the court granted the application, Bass could proceed without prepaying the fees.
Disposition
Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that if Bass failed to comply within the allowed time, and did not request an extension, the action would be dismissed without prejudice to refiling. The court also certified that an appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying fees for an appeal.
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