Friedeberg v. Peerless Premier Appliance Company
- Laura Swain
- 1:24-cv-09468
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Friedeberg v. Peerless Premier Appliance Company, Judge Swain granted voluntary dismissal and denied fee-free status for any appeal.
Donna Friedeberg’s case was voluntarily dismissed at her request. Any appeal would not receive status allowing her to proceed without prepaying court costs.
What happened
In Friedeberg v. Peerless Premier Appliance Company, Donna Friedeberg brought the case without a lawyer. The court received her request to withdraw the case on December 16, 2024.
The court granted Friedeberg’s request and voluntarily dismissed the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). The opinion does not discuss the underlying claims.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied Friedeberg permission to appeal without paying court costs.
The detailed version
- Friedeberg v. Peerless Premier Appliance Company · No. 1:24-cv-09468
- Laura Swain
- Jan. 13, 2025
Background
Donna Friedeberg brought this action without a lawyer. On December 16, 2024, the court received her motion to voluntarily dismiss the action.
Ruling
The court granted Friedeberg’s request to withdraw the action. It voluntarily dismissed the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a). The opinion does not address the merits of the claims.
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 her status to appeal without prepaying court costs. The order was signed by Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.