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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled July 15, 2025

Cruz Molina v. Mr. Vu and Associates

Judge
Laura Swain
Docket
1:25-cv-04369
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Cruz Molina v. Mr. Vu and Associates, Judge Swain dismissed the action and certified that an appeal would not be taken in good faith.

Who this affects

Serbando Cruz Molina’s action against Mr. Vu and Associates was dismissed, and any appeal from the judgment was certified as not being taken in good faith.

What happened

In Serbando Cruz Molina v. Mr. Vu and Associates, the court entered a civil judgment dismissing the action for the reasons given in a July 10, 2025, order. The supplied judgment does not describe the claims or the reasons for dismissal.

The court also certified under federal law that any appeal from the judgment would not be taken in good faith, meaning the court determined that an appeal would not seek review of a nonfrivolous issue.

Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the dismissal and the appeal certification on July 15, 2025.

The detailed version

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Case
Cruz Molina v. Mr. Vu and Associates · No. 1:25-cv-04369
Judge
Laura Swain
Date
July 15, 2025

Ruling

The court entered a civil judgment dismissing Serbando Cruz Molina’s action against Mr. Vu and Associates. The judgment states that the dismissal was based on the reasons explained in the court’s July 10, 2025, order, but that order is not included in the supplied opinion text.

Appeal Certification

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), the court certified that any appeal from the judgment would not be taken in good faith. The judgment cites the Supreme Court’s explanation that good faith exists when an appellant seeks review of a nonfrivolous issue.

Disposition

The action was dismissed. The supplied text does not state whether the dismissal was with or without prejudice, identify the claims, or explain whether the dismissal rested on a threshold issue or reached the merits. Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain signed the judgment on July 15, 2025.

The authoritative version

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