Buxbaum v. Hopkins
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-00521
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Buxbaum v. Hopkins, Judge Swain granted Buxbaum’s request to withdraw the complaint and voluntarily dismissed the action.
Michael Buxbaum’s action against Virginia Hopkins was voluntarily dismissed at Buxbaum’s request. The order also denied fee-free status for any appeal.
What happened
Buxbaum v. Hopkins involved Michael Buxbaum’s request to withdraw his complaint against Virginia Hopkins. The court received his withdrawal request in a January 23, 2025 letter.
The court granted Buxbaum’s request and voluntarily dismissed the action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a).
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-free status for any appeal.
The detailed version
- Buxbaum v. Hopkins · No. 1:25-cv-00521
- Laura Swain
- Mar. 13, 2025
Background
On January 23, 2025, the court received a letter from Michael Buxbaum stating that he wished to withdraw his complaint against Virginia Hopkins.
Ruling
The court granted Buxbaum’s request to withdraw the action. It voluntarily dismissed the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a), which allows a plaintiff to voluntarily end an action.
The court also 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 fee-free status for purposes of an appeal.
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