Perez Perez v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-05553
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 4
In Perez Perez v. USCIS, Judge Swain ordered payment or an application to proceed without fees within 30 days.
Victor Manuel Perez Perez must either pay the $405 in fees or submit an IFP application within 30 days; otherwise, the action will be dismissed. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services was named as the defendant, but the court did not decide the underlying claims.
What happened
In Perez Perez v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Victor Manuel Perez Perez filed the case without paying the required fees or submitting an application to proceed without prepaying them. The opinion states that Perez Perez is representing himself.
The court ordered Perez Perez, within 30 days, either to pay $405 in fees or submit the provided application. The court said that no summons would issue at that time and that the case would be processed if he complied. If he did not comply within the deadline, the action would be dismissed.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-free status for an appeal. The order did not decide the underlying claims against United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The detailed version
- Perez Perez v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services · No. 1:25-cv-05553
- Laura Swain
- July 24, 2025
Background
Victor Manuel Perez Perez filed this civil action without a lawyer. He submitted the complaint without paying the required fees and without submitting an application to proceed without prepaying fees, commonly called an IFP application.
Order
The court explained that filing a civil action required either payment of $405—consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee—or a signed IFP application. The court ordered Perez Perez to take one of those steps within 30 days of the order. If he submitted the IFP application, it was to identify docket number 25-CV-5553 (LTS). If the court granted the application, he would be allowed to proceed without prepaying the fees.
The court directed that no summons issue at that time. It stated that the case would be processed through the Clerk’s Office if Perez Perez complied with the order. If he did not comply within the permitted time, the action would be dismissed.
Appeal and disposition
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that an appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-free status for purposes of an appeal. This order addressed filing fees and did not decide the merits of Perez Perez’s claims against United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Read the full 4-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.