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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled July 16, 2025

Seals v. Avem Sr.

Judge
Laura Swain
Docket
1:25-cv-05595
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Seals v. Avem Sr., Judge Swain dismissed the action and certified that any appeal would not be taken in good faith.

Who this affects

The judgment affects Tina Seals’s action against Avem Sr. and the other defendants by dismissing the action; it also affects any appeal through the court’s certification regarding good faith.

What happened

In Seals v. Avem Sr., the court dismissed Tina Seals’s action against Avem Sr. and the other defendants.

The judgment says the dismissal was based on reasons explained in a July 11, 2025, order, but that order is not included here. The available text therefore does not explain why the action was dismissed.

Judge Laura Taylor Swain also certified that any appeal from the judgment would not be taken in good faith.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Seals v. Avem Sr. · No. 1:25-cv-05595
Judge
Laura Swain
Date
July 16, 2025

Ruling

The court entered a civil judgment dismissing Tina Seals’s action against Avem Sr. and the other defendants. The judgment states that the dismissal was for the reasons given in the court’s July 11, 2025, order.

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 Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 444–45 (1962).

Limits of the Available Text

The July 11 order is not included in the provided opinion. As a result, the available text does not identify the claims, the basis for dismissal, or whether the court reached the merits of any claim.

The authoritative version

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