Rogers v. Walmart
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-02345
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Rogers v. Walmart, Judge Swain dismissed the action and denied fee-free appeal status after certifying an appeal would not be taken in good faith.
Joshua Rogers’s action against Walmart was dismissed, and Rogers was denied permission to appeal without paying court fees.
What happened
In Rogers v. Walmart, Joshua Rogers’s action against Walmart was dismissed for the reasons given in a May 19, 2025, order. The judgment itself does not explain those reasons.
The court also certified that any appeal would not be taken in good faith. Based on that certification, it denied Rogers permission to appeal without paying court fees.
Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain entered the civil judgment on May 20, 2025. The opinion text provided does not state whether Rogers may pursue an appeal by paying the required fees.
The detailed version
- Rogers v. Walmart · No. 1:25-cv-02345
- Laura Swain
- May 20, 2025
Disposition
The court entered a civil judgment dismissing Joshua Rogers’s action against Walmart. It stated that the dismissal was based on the reasons given in the court’s May 19, 2025, order, but that order is not included in the provided text. The judgment therefore does not reveal the specific basis for dismissal.
Appeal-fee ruling
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), the court certified that any appeal from the judgment would not be taken in good faith. “Good faith” in this context concerns whether the appeal seeks review of a nonfrivolous issue. Based on that certification, the court denied Rogers permission to proceed without paying fees for an appeal. The judgment does not state whether an appeal could proceed if the required fees were paid.
Affected parties
The dismissal affects Joshua Rogers’s action against Walmart. The provided judgment does not describe the claims, the parties’ arguments, or the reasons the action was dismissed.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.