In re: Maajid Anthony
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-04541
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In re: Maajid Anthony: Judge Swain ordered Maajid Anthony to pay fees or submit prisoner paperwork within 30 days.
Maajid Anthony and the continued processing of his civil action; the order requires him to pay the filing fees or submit the specified prisoner forms before the case proceeds.
What happened
In re: Maajid Anthony concerns a civil action filed by Maajid Anthony, who is incarcerated and proceeding without a lawyer. He submitted the complaint without paying the required fees or submitting the required forms to request permission to proceed without paying them upfront.
The court ordered Maajid Anthony, within 30 days, either to pay $405 in fees or submit a completed application and authorization allowing filing fees to be deducted from his prisoner account in installments. No summons will issue at this time, and the action will be dismissed if he does not comply within the deadline.
Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying appeal fees. The order did not address the merits of the underlying civil action.
The detailed version
- In re: Maajid Anthony · No. 1:25-cv-04541
- Laura Swain
- June 12, 2025
Background
Maajid Anthony filed a civil action while incarcerated at Rikers Island – West Facility Annex and represented himself. He submitted the complaint without paying the filing fees and without submitting a completed application to proceed without prepaying fees or a prisoner authorization.
Order
The court explained that a prisoner must either pay $405 to file a civil action—$350 for the filing fee and $55 for the administrative fee—or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees and a prisoner authorization. The authorization permits the facility holding the prisoner to provide certified account statements for the preceding six months and deduct the $350 filing fee from the prison account in installments. The $55 administrative fee does not apply if the court grants permission to proceed without prepaying fees.
Within 30 days of the order, Maajid Anthony must either pay the $405 or submit the required application and authorization labeled with docket number 1:25-CV-4541 (LTS). No summons will issue at this time. If he complies, the Clerk’s Office will process the case under its procedures; if he does not comply within the deadline, the action will be dismissed.
Additional Ruling
Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain certified that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying fees for an appeal. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
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