Mulumba v. Partners Group Inc.
- Laura Swain
- 1:24-cv-06909
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Judge Swain dismissed Mulumba v. Partners Group (USA) Inc. without prejudice because Mulumba neither paid filing fees nor submitted an application to waive them.
The complaint brought by Mwika H. Mulumba against Partners Group (USA) Inc. and the other named defendants was dismissed without prejudice because the required filing-fee payment or fee-waiver application was not submitted.
What happened
In Mulumba v. Partners Group (USA) Inc., the court ordered Mwika H. Mulumba to submit an application to proceed without paying filing fees or pay the required $405 in fees within 30 days.
Mulumba did neither. The court therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not permanently bar refiling.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also denied fee-waiver status for any appeal and directed the clerk to enter judgment.
The detailed version
- Mulumba v. Partners Group Inc. · No. 1:24-cv-06909
- Laura Swain
- Jan. 16, 2025
Background
The court had previously ordered Plaintiff Mwika H. Mulumba to either submit a completed application to proceed without paying filing fees or pay the $405 required to file a civil action. The order gave Mulumba 30 days to comply and stated that failure to do so would result in dismissal.
Ruling
Mulumba did not submit the fee-waiver application and did not pay the filing fees. The court dismissed the complaint without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915. The court also certified that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-waiver status for purposes of an appeal. It directed the clerk to enter judgment.
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