Strilio v. Sony Music Entertainment
- Loretta Preska
- 1:25-cv-04006
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Strilio v. Sony Music Entertainment, Judge Swain ordered payment or an application to proceed without fees within 30 days.
Claude M. Strilio, whose civil action will not proceed until the required fee is paid or a completed and signed application to proceed without prepaying fees is received.
What happened
In Claude M. Strilio v. Sony Music Entertainment, the action was submitted to the Southern District of New York by email and assigned a docket number. The court explained that a civil-action plaintiff must either pay the required fees or request permission to proceed without paying them in advance.
The order gave Strilio 30 days to pay $405 or submit a completed and signed application to proceed without prepaying fees. Until payment or the application is received, the case will not move forward, and no summons or answer is required.
If Strilio does not comply or request more time, the action will be dismissed without prejudice to refiling. Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without fees for an appeal.
The detailed version
- Strilio v. Sony Music Entertainment · No. 1:25-cv-04006
- Loretta Preska
- May 16, 2025
Background
Claude M. Strilio submitted this civil action to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by email. The court assigned the action docket number 25-CV-4006 (LTS). The order does not describe the underlying claims.
Fee requirement
Under the statutes cited by the court, a plaintiff starting a civil action must either pay the required fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying them. The order states that the required amount was $405, consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee.
Order
The court ordered Strilio, within 30 days of May 16, 2025, either to pay the $405 fee or, if unable to pay, complete, sign, and submit the attached application to proceed without prepaying fees. The order provided payment instructions and stated that no further action would be taken, no summons would issue, and no answer would be required until payment or a completed and signed application was received.
If the application is granted, Strilio will be permitted to proceed without prepaying the fees. If proper payment had already been submitted, the case would proceed after the payment was processed.
Disposition
The order did not dismiss the action immediately. It stated that if Strilio failed to comply within the allowed time, or failed to request an extension, the action would be dismissed without prejudice to refiling. The court also certified that an appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying fees for an appeal. Judge Laura Taylor Swain signed the order.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.