Eugene v. City of New York
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-06173
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Eugene v. City of New York, Judge Swain required payment of fees or an application to proceed without paying upfront.
Saradia Eugene must either pay the $405 fee or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees; the defendants are not required to answer while the case remains pending under this order.
What happened
In Eugene v. City of New York, the court ordered Saradia Eugene to either pay the required $405 in fees or submit a signed application to proceed without paying the fees upfront.
Eugene has 30 days to comply. Until she pays or submits the application, the court will take no further action, issue no summons, and require no answer from the defendants.
Judge Swain ordered that the case will be dismissed without prejudice to refiling if Eugene does not comply or request more time. The order did not address the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Eugene v. City of New York · No. 1:25-cv-06173
- Laura Swain
- July 30, 2025
What the court ordered
The court directed Saradia Eugene to pay $405 in fees to proceed with the civil action or, if she cannot pay, to complete, sign, and submit an application to proceed without prepaying the fees. The court stated that the $405 includes a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee, subject to possible updates to the fee schedule.
Deadline and case processing
Eugene must comply within 30 days of the order. Until the fees are paid or a completed and signed application is received, the court will take no further action, issue no summons, and require no answer from the defendants. If Eugene complies, the Clerk’s Office will process the case. If the court grants the application, she may proceed without prepaying the fees.
Disposition
If Eugene does not comply within the allowed time and does not request an extension, the action will be dismissed without prejudice to refiling. The court also certified that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying fees for an appeal. Judge Laura Taylor Swain did not decide the underlying claims against the City of New York or the NYC Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.