Rodriguez-Morales v. Center for Urban Community Services
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-00800
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Judge Swain dismissed Rodriguez-Morales v. Center for Urban Community Services without prejudice because the plaintiff did not submit required original signatures.
The plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed without prejudice, and fee-free status was denied for any appeal. The opinion does not state the plaintiff’s legal representation status.
What happened
In Rodriguez-Morales v. Center for Urban Community Services, the court had ordered the plaintiff to resubmit the complaint’s signature page and the application to proceed without paying court fees, each with an original signature.
The order gave the plaintiff thirty days and warned that failing to comply would result in dismissal. The plaintiff did not submit the signed pages.
The court dismissed the complaint without prejudice, directed the Clerk to enter judgment, and denied fee-free status for any appeal. Judge Laura Taylor Swain also certified that an appeal would not be taken in good faith.
The detailed version
- Rodriguez-Morales v. Center for Urban Community Services · No. 1:25-cv-00800
- Laura Swain
- June 2, 2025
Background
The court previously ordered the plaintiff, within thirty days, to resubmit the signature page of the complaint and the application to proceed without paying court fees. The order required original signatures and warned that failure to comply would result in dismissal.
Court’s ruling
The plaintiff did not submit the signed signature pages. Citing Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(a), the court dismissed the complaint without prejudice. The court also directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment in the action.
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied the plaintiff permission to proceed without paying fees for an appeal.
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