Duffie v. Tiburcioruiz
- Philip Halpern
- 7:25-cv-05170
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 5
In Duffie v. Tiburcioruiz, Judge Swain ordered Duffie to pay fees or submit financial forms, warning the case will be dismissed otherwise.
Douglas Duffie, who must either pay the specified fees or submit the required financial and prisoner-account documents to keep the action moving.
What happened
In Duffie v. Tiburcioruiz, Douglas Duffie filed a civil case without paying the required fees or submitting the forms needed to ask to proceed without prepaying them. The order states that Duffie is incarcerated and representing himself.
The detailed version
- Duffie v. Tiburcioruiz · No. 7:25-cv-05170
- Philip Halpern
- June 25, 2025
Background
Douglas Duffie filed this civil action without the required filing fees, a completed application to proceed without prepaying fees, or a prisoner authorization. The order states that Duffie is incarcerated at Upstate Correctional Facility and is representing himself.
Order
The court ordered Duffie, within 30 days, either to pay $405 in fees or to submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees and a prisoner authorization. The $405 consists of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee. If the court grants the application, the $350 filing fee must still be collected in installments from Duffie's prison account, while the $55 administrative fee does not apply to a person granted that status.
No summons will issue at this time. If Duffie complies, 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. The court also certified that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied the ability to appeal without prepaying fees. The court did not address the underlying claims.
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