Murray McIver v. Search for Change
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-01542
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 4
In Murray McIver v. Search for Change, Judge Swain ordered payment of $405 or an IFP application within 30 days.
Tamicko D. Murray McIver must either pay the $405 in fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees within 30 days; the action may be dismissed if McIver does not comply.
What happened
In Tamicko D. Murray McIver v. Search for Change et al., the plaintiff filed a civil action without paying the required fees or submitting an application to proceed without prepaying them.
The court ordered the plaintiff, within 30 days, either to pay $405 or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees. No summons will issue at this time, and the action will be dismissed if the plaintiff does not comply.
Judge Swain also ruled that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees.
The detailed version
- Murray McIver v. Search for Change · No. 1:25-cv-01542
- Laura Swain
- May 16, 2025
What the order concerns
Tamicko D. Murray McIver filed this civil action without paying the required filing fees and without submitting an application to proceed without prepaying fees. The court explains that the total required payment is $405: a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee.
The court’s order
The court directed McIver, within 30 days of the order, to do one of two things: pay the $405 in fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees, commonly called an IFP application. If the court grants the application, McIver may proceed without paying the fees in advance.
No summons will issue at this time. If McIver complies with the order, the Clerk’s Office will process the case under its procedures. If McIver does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal-related ruling
The court certified that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied IFP status for purposes of an appeal. The order does not decide the underlying claims against Search for Change et al.
Read the full 4-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.