Garrett v. Doe
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-04723
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Garrett v. Doe, Judge Swain ordered Tyise Garrett to pay filing fees or submit prisoner IFP forms, or face dismissal.
Tyise Garrett must either pay $405 or submit the required application and prisoner authorization within 30 days. If he does not, his action will be dismissed; the court also denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees.
What happened
In Garrett v. Doe, Tyise Garrett filed a civil case without a lawyer but did not pay the required fees or submit completed forms to request permission to proceed without paying the fees upfront.
The court gave Garrett 30 days to pay $405 or submit a signed application and authorization allowing filing-fee payments to be deducted from his account in installments. No summons will issue yet.
Judge Swain ordered that the case will be dismissed if Garrett does not comply. She also denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees, finding that any appeal would not be taken in good faith.
The detailed version
- Garrett v. Doe · No. 1:25-cv-04723
- Laura Swain
- June 9, 2025
Background
Tyise Garrett filed this civil action without a lawyer. The opinion states that he is detained at the West Facility Annex on Rikers Island. He submitted the complaint without paying the required filing fees and without a completed application to proceed without prepaying fees or a prisoner authorization.
Court’s Order
The court ordered Garrett, within 30 days, to do one of two things: pay $405 in fees, consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee, or submit the attached application to proceed without prepaying fees and the prisoner authorization. The authorization would allow the $350 filing fee to be deducted from his account in installments and would require submission of certified account statements for the previous six months. The $55 administrative fee does not apply to people granted permission to proceed without prepaying fees.
No summons will issue at this time. If Garrett complies, the Clerk’s Office will process the case under its procedures. If he does not comply within the 30-day period, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal and Effect
The court certified that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees. This order addresses filing fees and required documents; it does not decide the underlying claims.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.