Lugo v. Concentrix Corporation
- Eric Tostrud
- 0:25-cv-02585
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
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In Lugo v. Concentrix, Judge Docherty denied Lugo’s amended fee-waiver application and gave him 14 days to pay the filing fee.
Plaintiff Emmanuel A. Lugo, who must pay the $405 filing fee within 14 days or face a recommendation that the action be dismissed for failure to prosecute.
What happened
In Lugo v. Concentrix Corporation, the court had earlier found Emmanuel A. Lugo’s application to proceed without paying court fees upfront incomplete because documents showed recent employment, a salary of $65,758.63, and recent deposits from his employer.
Lugo submitted a new application, but he used a Minnesota state-court form rather than the federal form and again did not provide the requested information about his income during the previous 12 months. He also reported receiving unspecified “Litigation Related Reimbursements.”
The court denied the amended application and gave Lugo 14 days to pay the $405 filing fee. Judge John F. Docherty stated that if Lugo does not pay, the court will recommend dismissing the case for failure to prosecute.
The detailed version
- Lugo v. Concentrix Corporation · No. 0:25-cv-02585
- Eric Tostrud
- July 22, 2025
Background
On June 23, 2025, the court denied Emmanuel A. Lugo’s initial application to proceed without prepaying fees or costs because it lacked enough information about his recent and expected income. The court gave Lugo 14 days either to submit an amended application or to pay the $405 filing fee, and it encouraged him to use the District of Minnesota’s standard federal application form.
Amended Application
Lugo submitted a new application, but it used a form intended for Minnesota state courts rather than the federal district court’s form. The state form did not ask about income during the previous 12 months. As a result, the amended application did not address the court’s concern about Lugo’s earlier income, even though that information appeared in other documents he had submitted. The amended application also listed unspecified “Litigation Related Reimbursements” as income. The court questioned how paying the filing fee could cause undue hardship if Lugo was not personally bearing the costs of the litigation.
Ruling
The court DENIED the Amended IFP Application. It ordered Lugo to pay the action’s $405 filing fee within 14 days. The court did not dismiss the case in this order. Instead, it stated that if Lugo does not pay, the court will recommend dismissing the action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute. The order addresses filing-fee eligibility and does not decide the underlying claims against Concentrix Corporation.
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