Prado v. Prado-Moore
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-00629
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 4
In Prado v. Prado-Moore, Judge Swain ordered payment or a fee-waiver application within 30 days, warning of dismissal if Yolanda Prado did neither.
Yolanda Prado must either pay the $405 in fees or submit a signed IFP application within 30 days; otherwise, the action will be dismissed.
What happened
In Prado v. Prado-Moore, Yolanda Prado filed a civil case without paying the required fees or submitting an application to proceed without paying them upfront.
The court ordered Prado to pay $405 or submit a signed fee-waiver application within 30 days. No summons will issue yet, and the action will be dismissed if she does not comply.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-waiver status for an appeal.
The detailed version
- Prado v. Prado-Moore · No. 1:25-cv-00629
- Laura Swain
- Feb. 10, 2025
Background
Yolanda Prado filed this civil action without a lawyer. She submitted the complaint without paying the required filing fees and without an application to proceed without prepaying fees, known as an IFP application.
Order
The court ordered Prado, within 30 days of the order, to either pay $405 in fees or submit a signed IFP application. The $405 consists of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee. If the court grants the IFP application, Prado may proceed without paying the fees upfront.
The court ordered that no summons issue at this time. If Prado complies, the case will be processed under the Clerk’s Office’s procedures. If she does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal-related ruling
The court certified that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied IFP status for purposes of an appeal.
Result
This order addressed payment of filing fees and the fee-waiver application; it did not decide the underlying claims.
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