Taylor v. TuneCore, Inc.
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-04949
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Taylor v. TuneCore, Judge Swain dismissed the action without prejudice after Taylor neither paid filing fees nor submitted an IFP application.
Eve Taylor's action against TuneCore, Inc., and the other named defendants was dismissed without prejudice because Taylor neither submitted the required application to proceed without paying filing fees nor paid the filing fee.
What happened
In Taylor v. TuneCore, Inc., the court ordered Eve Taylor to either submit an application to proceed without paying filing fees or pay the $405 required to file a civil action. The court gave her 30 days to comply.
Taylor did neither. The court therefore dismissed the action without prejudice, meaning the dismissal does not bar refiling on that basis.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied Taylor permission to proceed without paying appeal fees. The clerk was directed to enter judgment.
The detailed version
- Taylor v. TuneCore, Inc. · No. 1:25-cv-04949
- Laura Swain
- Aug. 20, 2025
Background
Plaintiff Eve Taylor sued TuneCore, Inc., and other defendants. On June 17, 2025, the court ordered Taylor, within 30 days, either to submit a completed application to proceed without paying filing fees or to pay the $405 filing fee required for a civil action in the court.
Court’s Ruling
Taylor did not submit the application and did not pay the filing fee. The court therefore dismissed the action without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915.
The court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It denied permission to proceed without paying fees for an appeal and directed the clerk to enter judgment dismissing the action for the reason stated in the order.
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