Randolph v. Goodman
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-04833
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 4
In Randolph v. Goodman, Judge Swain ordered Randolph to pay filing fees or submit an application to proceed without prepayment.
Jamein Rakin Randolph must either pay the required $405 in fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees within 30 days; otherwise, the action will be dismissed. No summons will issue unless he complies.
What happened
In Randolph v. Goodman, Jamein Rakin Randolph filed a civil action without paying the required $405 in fees or submitting an application to proceed without prepaying fees. The opinion identifies Randolph as representing himself.
The court ordered Randolph, within 30 days, to either pay the fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepayment. No summons will issue yet, and the action will be dismissed if Randolph does not comply on time.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-free status for an appeal.
The detailed version
- Randolph v. Goodman · No. 1:25-cv-04833
- Laura Swain
- June 16, 2025
Background
Jamein Rakin Randolph brought this civil action without a lawyer. He submitted the complaint but did not pay the required filing fees and did not submit an application to proceed without prepaying fees. The court states that the total required payment is $405: a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee.
The court’s order
The court ordered Randolph, within 30 days of June 16, 2025, to either pay the $405 in fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees. If the court grants that application, Randolph may proceed without paying the fees in advance. The application must include docket number 1:25-CV-4833 (LTS).
No summons will issue at this time. If Randolph complies with the order, the case will be processed under the Clerk’s Office procedures. If he does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal-related ruling
Judge Laura Taylor Swain certified that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith. The court therefore denied fee-free status for purposes of an appeal. The order did not address the merits of Randolph’s claims against Ramona L. Goodman.
Read the full 4-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.