Williams v. Green Haven C.F.
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-06859
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Williams v. Green Haven C.F., Judge Swain ordered payment or fee forms within 30 days; no summons issued.
Tearre Williams, who must pay the fees or submit the required forms within 30 days to avoid dismissal of the action.
What happened
In Williams v. Green Haven C.F., Tearre Williams filed a civil case without paying the required fees or submitting completed forms to request payment-free filing. The order says Williams is incarcerated and is representing himself.
The court gave Williams 30 days to either pay $405 or submit a completed application to proceed without paying the fees upfront, along with authorization for deductions from his prisoner account. No summons will issue at this time, and the action will be dismissed if Williams does not comply.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied payment-free filing status for an appeal. The order did not address the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Williams v. Green Haven C.F. · No. 1:25-cv-06859
- Laura Swain
- Aug. 25, 2025
Background
Tearre Williams filed this civil action without paying the filing fees and without submitting a completed application to proceed without prepaying fees or a prisoner authorization. The opinion states that Williams is incarcerated at Five Points Correctional Facility and is representing himself. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims.
Fee and filing requirements
The court explained that a prisoner must either pay $405—$350 for the filing fee and $55 for the administrative fee—or submit the required forms to request payment without prepaying the fees. If the court grants that request, the $350 filing fee must be collected in installments from the prisoner’s account. The prisoner authorization permits those deductions and requires certified account statements for the previous six months.
Order
Within 30 days after the order, Williams must either pay the $405 or submit the attached fee-waiver application and prisoner authorization, labeled with docket number 25-CV-6859. No summons will issue at this time. If Williams complies, the Clerk’s Office will process the case under its procedures. If Williams does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed.
The court certified that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied payment-without-prepayment status for purposes of an appeal. The order does not decide the merits of Williams’s underlying claims.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.