Roldan v. Nick
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-05412
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 4
In Roldan v. Nick, Judge Swain ordered payment or a fee-waiver application within 30 days, delaying the case.
Brendalis Roldan must, within 30 days, either pay $405 in fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees. If Roldan does not comply, the action will be dismissed; no summons will issue meanwhile.
What happened
In Roldan v. Nick, Brendalis Roldan filed a civil action without paying the required fees or submitting an application to proceed without prepaying them. The opinion does not describe the claims.
The court ordered Roldan, within 30 days, either to pay $405 in filing and administrative fees or submit a signed fee-waiver application. No summons will be issued for now, and the case will be processed if Roldan complies. If Roldan does not comply on time, the action will be dismissed.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also stated that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-waiver status for an appeal. The order did not decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Roldan v. Nick · No. 1:25-cv-05412
- Laura Swain
- July 7, 2025
Background
Brendalis Roldan brought this civil action without a lawyer. Roldan submitted the complaint without paying the required fees and without an application to proceed without prepaying fees. The opinion does not identify the substance of Roldan’s claims.
Order
The court explained that a plaintiff must either pay $405—consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee—or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees. The court ordered Roldan to do one of those things within 30 days of the order. If Roldan submits the application and the court grants it, Roldan may proceed without paying the fees in advance.
No summons will issue at this time. If Roldan complies, the case will be processed under the Clerk’s Office procedures. If Roldan does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal and Disposition
Judge Laura Taylor Swain certified that an appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying fees for purposes of an appeal. The order addressed filing requirements and did not reach the merits of Roldan’s underlying claims.
Read the full 4-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.