Greenidge v. Sober-Hyndman
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-05064
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Greenidge v. Sober-Hyndman, Judge Swain dismissed the complaint without prejudice because Greenidge neither paid filing fees nor submitted a fee-waiver application.
Tony D. Greenidge's complaint was dismissed without prejudice; the order also denied fee-waiver status for an appeal and directed entry of judgment. The defendants are listed in the caption as Suzette Rosita Sober-Hyndman and others.
What happened
In Greenidge v. Sober-Hyndman, the court had ordered Tony D. Greenidge to submit a completed application to proceed without paying filing fees or to pay the $405 filing fee within 30 days. The order warned that failing to do so would lead to dismissal.
Greenidge did neither. The court therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not bar refiling, and did not address the underlying claims.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also denied fee-waiver status for any appeal after certifying that an appeal would not be taken in good faith. She directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment.
The detailed version
- Greenidge v. Sober-Hyndman · No. 1:25-cv-05064
- Laura Swain
- July 23, 2025
Background
On June 17, 2025, the court directed Tony D. Greenidge to submit a completed application to proceed without paying filing fees or to pay the $405 in fees required to file a civil action. The court gave him 30 days and stated that failure to comply would result in dismissal of the complaint.
Ruling
Greenidge did not submit the fee-waiver application and did not pay the filing fees. The court dismissed the complaint without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915. The order did not decide the merits of Greenidge's claims.
The court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-waiver status for purposes of an appeal. Judge Laura Taylor Swain directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment.
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