Reed v. Doe
- Kimba Wood
- 1:24-cv-10079
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 4
In Reed v. Doe, Judge Swain ordered Genevieve Reed to pay $405 or submit an IFP application within 30 days.
Genevieve Reed must either pay the required fees or submit an IFP application within 30 days for the case to proceed. Jane Doe has not been served because no summons has issued.
What happened
In Reed v. Doe, Genevieve Reed filed a case without a lawyer but did not pay the required fees or submit an application to proceed without prepaying them.
The court gave Reed 30 days to pay $405, consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee, or submit the attached application. No summons will issue yet.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that the case will be processed if Reed complies, but will be dismissed if she does not. The court also denied payment-free status for any appeal from this order.
The detailed version
- Reed v. Doe · No. 1:24-cv-10079
- Kimba Wood
- Mar. 5, 2025
Background
Genevieve Reed brought this civil action without a lawyer. She submitted the complaint without paying the required fees and without an application to proceed without prepaying fees, commonly called an IFP application.
Order
The court directed Reed, within 30 days of the order, to either pay $405 in fees—a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee—or submit a signed IFP application. If the court grants the application, Reed may proceed without paying the fees in advance. The application must identify docket number 1:24-CV-10079 (LTS).
The court ordered that no summons issue at this time. If Reed complies, the Clerk’s Office will process the case under its procedures. If she does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed. The court also certified that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied payment-free status for purposes of an appeal.
Disposition
Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued an order directing payment of the fee or submission of an IFP application; the order did not decide the underlying claims against Jane Doe.
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