Arora v. Standard Chartered Bank
- John Cronan
- 1:25-cv-04041
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 4
In Arora v. Standard Chartered Bank, Judge Swain ordered Ashish Arora to pay $405 or apply to proceed without prepaying fees within 30 days.
Ashish Arora, who must either pay the required fees or submit an application to proceed without prepaying them; the case will be dismissed if he does neither within 30 days.
What happened
In Arora v. Standard Chartered Bank, Ashish Arora filed this action without a lawyer but did not pay the required fees or submit an application to proceed without prepaying them.
The court ordered Arora, within 30 days, either to pay $405 or submit the attached application. No summons will issue yet, and the action will be dismissed if he does not comply.
Judge Laura Taylor 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
- Arora v. Standard Chartered Bank · No. 1:25-cv-04041
- John Cronan
- May 16, 2025
Background
Ashish Arora brought this action without a lawyer. The opinion states that he submitted the complaint without paying the required filing and administrative fees and without an application to proceed without prepaying fees.
Court’s Order
The court explained that a civil action requires payment of $405: a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee. Alternatively, a plaintiff may submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees. The court ordered Arora to do one of those things within 30 days of the order. If he submits the application, it must identify docket number 25-CV-4041 (LTS).
No summons will issue at this time. If Arora complies, the Clerk’s Office will process the case under its procedures. If he does not comply within the permitted time, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal and Effect
Judge Laura Taylor Swain certified that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees. The opinion does not address the underlying claims against Standard Chartered Bank or the other defendants.
Read the full 4-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.