Mallgren v. United Nations
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-05674
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
Mallgren v. United Nations: Judge Swain dismissed the action without prejudice because Mallgren did not obtain required permission to file it.
Anthony Brian Mallgren's action against the United Nations was dismissed without prejudice, and Mallgren remains subject to the filing restriction requiring court permission before filing a new civil action while seeking to proceed without paying the filing fee.
What happened
In Mallgren v. United Nations, Anthony Brian Mallgren filed a new civil action without paying the filing fee or requesting permission to proceed without paying it. The court therefore assumed he sought to proceed without paying the fee.
A 2016 order had barred Mallgren from filing future civil actions in this court without first obtaining permission if he wanted to proceed without paying the filing fee. Mallgren did not seek that permission before filing this action.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain dismissed the action without prejudice for violating the earlier filing restriction. She also said an appeal would not be taken in good faith, denied permission to proceed without paying the appeal fee, directed the Clerk to enter a civil judgment, and stated that the filing restriction remains in effect.
The detailed version
- Mallgren v. United Nations · No. 1:25-cv-05674
- Laura Swain
- July 10, 2025
Background
In an order issued in 2016 in an earlier related proceeding, the court barred Anthony Brian Mallgren from filing future civil actions in the Southern District of New York without first obtaining the court's permission to proceed without paying the filing fee. The court had imposed that restriction because of Mallgren's history of litigation that it described as frivolous, vexatious, or otherwise lacking merit in that court and other federal courts.
Mallgren filed this new action against the United Nations without paying the fees required to initiate the action and without requesting permission to file it. The court assumed that he sought to proceed without paying the filing fee.
Ruling
The court dismissed the action without prejudice because Mallgren did not comply with the earlier filing restriction. The order states that Mallgren remains subject to that restriction, which requires him to obtain the court's permission before filing a new civil action while seeking to proceed without paying the filing fee.
The court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without paying the fee for an appeal. It directed the Clerk of Court to enter a civil judgment.
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