Tolliver v. Trump
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-05765
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Tolliver v. Trump, Judge Swain ordered Jennie Tolliver to pay $405 or submit an IFP application within 30 days.
Jennie Tolliver and the continuation of her civil action; the order states that no summons will issue at this time.
What happened
Jennie Tolliver filed this case, Tolliver v. Trump, without paying the required fees or submitting an application to proceed without paying them upfront.
The court gave Tolliver 30 days to pay $405 or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees. No summons will issue at this time.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain stated that the case will be dismissed if Tolliver does not comply and denied permission to appeal without paying fees because any appeal would not be taken in good faith.
The detailed version
- Tolliver v. Trump · No. 1:25-cv-05765
- Laura Swain
- July 21, 2025
Background
Jennie Tolliver brought this civil action without a lawyer. The opinion states that she submitted the complaint without paying the required filing and administrative fees and without an application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), meaning without prepaying the fees.
Order
The court ordered Tolliver, within 30 days of the order, to either pay $405 in fees or submit the attached signed IFP application. The $405 consists of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee. If the court grants the IFP application, Tolliver may proceed without prepaying the fees. The application should identify docket number 25-CV-5765 (LTS).
No summons shall issue at this time. If Tolliver complies, the case will be processed under the Clerk’s Office procedures. If she does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal
The court certified that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied IFP status for purposes of an appeal. This order addresses filing-fee requirements and does not decide the underlying claims.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.