Parkes v. Blumenfeld Development Group, LTD
- Laura Swain
- 1:24-cv-10084
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Parkes v. Blumenfeld, Judge Swain ordered Tiffany Anne Parkes to pay $405.00 or request permission to proceed without paying fees within 30 days, or face dismissal.
Tiffany Anne Parkes and the progress of her case. The defendants are affected because no summons will issue unless Parkes complies with the order.
What happened
Parkes v. Blumenfeld Development Group, LTD concerns a civil action filed by Tiffany Anne Parkes without a lawyer. She submitted her complaint without paying the required fees or providing an application to proceed without paying them.
The court ordered Parkes, within 30 days, either to pay $405.00 in filing and administrative fees or submit a signed application requesting permission to proceed without prepaying those fees. No summons would issue at that time.
If Parkes did not comply, the action would be dismissed. If she complied, the Clerk’s Office would process the case under its procedures. Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain also denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees, certifying that an appeal would not be taken in good faith.
The detailed version
- Parkes v. Blumenfeld Development Group, LTD · No. 1:24-cv-10084
- Laura Swain
- Jan. 10, 2025
Background
Tiffany Anne Parkes filed this civil action against Blumenfeld Development Group, LTD and FirstService Residential, Inc. The opinion states that Parkes is representing herself. She submitted the complaint without paying the required fees and without submitting an application to proceed without prepayment of fees.
Court’s Order
The court explained that filing a civil action required payment of $405.00: a $350.00 filing fee and a $55.00 administrative fee. Instead of paying those fees, a plaintiff may request permission to proceed without prepaying them by submitting a signed application. This is commonly called an application to proceed in forma pauperis, or IFP.
The court gave Parkes 30 days from the date of the order to do one of two things: pay the $405.00 in fees or submit the attached signed IFP application. The application was to identify docket number 24-CV-10084 (LTS). The court stated that, if it granted the application, Parkes would be allowed to proceed without prepaying the fees.
No summons would issue at that time. If Parkes complied with the order, the case would be processed under the Clerk’s Office procedures. If she failed to comply within the allowed time, the action would be dismissed.
Appeal-Fee Determination
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied IFP status for purposes of an appeal.
Result
The order required Parkes to pay the fees or submit an IFP application within 30 days. It did not decide the underlying claims described in the complaint.
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