Mallgren v. United Nations
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-04235
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Mallgren v. United Nations, Judge Swain dismissed the case without prejudice because Mallgren violated an earlier filing injunction.
Anthony Brian Mallgren, whose action against the United Nations was dismissed without prejudice for failing to comply with an earlier filing injunction.
What happened
In Anthony Brian Mallgren v. United Nations, Anthony Brian Mallgren filed a new civil case without paying the filing fee or asking for permission to file without paying it. An earlier court order required him to obtain the court’s permission before filing any new civil case without paying fees.
Mallgren also did not ask for permission to file this case. The court therefore dismissed the case without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not permanently bar refiling, although the earlier filing injunction remains in effect.
Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied Mallgren permission to appeal without paying fees. She directed the clerk to enter a civil judgment.
The detailed version
- Mallgren v. United Nations · No. 1:25-cv-04235
- Laura Swain
- May 22, 2025
Background
In an earlier related proceeding, No. 14-CV-1420, the court barred Anthony Brian Mallgren from filing future civil actions in the Southern District of New York without paying filing fees unless he first obtained the court’s permission. The court had issued that filing injunction because of Mallgren’s history of litigation that it described as frivolous, vexatious, or otherwise lacking merit in that court and other federal courts.
Mallgren filed this new action against the United Nations without paying the fees required to begin the case. The court assumed that he sought permission to proceed without paying those fees. He did not request that permission and did not obtain permission to file the action as required by the earlier injunction.
Ruling
The court dismissed the action under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 for failure to comply with the earlier filing injunction. The dismissal was without prejudice. The court stated that Mallgren remains subject to the filing injunction.
The court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without paying fees. It directed the clerk to enter a civil judgment.
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