Parkes v. Walker II
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-03880
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Parkes v. Walker II, Judge Swain dismissed the duplicate lawsuit without prejudice and denied proceeding without prepaying costs for an appeal.
Tiffany Anne Parkes’s duplicate action was dismissed without prejudice to her pending case under docket number 25-CV-3783. The dismissal also applies to the claims she asserted against Lester C. Walker II, Ghetto Gastro, Inc., and Ghetto Gastro Global, LLC in this action.
What happened
In Parkes v. Walker II, Tiffany Anne Parkes, representing herself, alleged that Lester C. Walker II shared private details about their personal relationship without her consent, causing her sexual harassment in the food industry.
The court found that Parkes had already filed a case making the same claims against the same defendants. Because this lawsuit duplicated the earlier pending case under docket number 25-CV-3783, the court concluded that litigating both cases would serve no useful purpose.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain dismissed this complaint without prejudice to Parkes’s pending case and directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment. The court also certified that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying fees for an appeal.
The detailed version
- Parkes v. Walker II · No. 1:25-cv-03880
- Laura Swain
- Aug. 8, 2025
Background
Tiffany Anne Parkes, proceeding without a lawyer, invoked federal-question jurisdiction. She alleged that after she began working as a sous chef with Lester C. Walker II, Walker shared private details about Walker’s personal relationship with Parkes without her consent. Parkes alleged that this caused her to experience sexual harassment in the food industry. The defendants are Walker, Ghetto Gastro, Inc., and Ghetto Gastro Global, LLC.
Reason for Dismissal
The court stated that Parkes had previously submitted a duplicate complaint alleging the same facts against the same defendants. That earlier case was pending before Judge Kimba M. Wood under docket number 25-CV-3783. Because this action raised the same claims, the court concluded that no useful purpose would be served by litigating the duplicate lawsuit.
Ruling
The court dismissed the complaint without prejudice to Parkes’s pending case under docket number 25-CV-3783. In its conclusion, the court described the complaint as dismissed as duplicative. The court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied in forma pauperis status for purposes of an appeal. Finally, the court directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment in this action.
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