Ford v. Door Dash Inc.
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-07056
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 4
In Ford v. Door Dash, Judge Swain ordered pro se plaintiff Ford to pay fees or seek permission to proceed without prepayment.
Glenn Lawerance Ford, who filed the action without a lawyer, must either pay the required fees or submit an IFP application within 30 days. Door Dash Inc. and the other named defendants are affected by the delay in issuing a summons; the opinion does not state that they have been served.
What happened
In Ford v. Door Dash Inc. et al., Glenn Lawerance Ford filed a civil action without a lawyer but did not pay the required fees or submit an application to proceed without prepaying them.
The court ordered Ford, within 30 days, to pay $405 or submit a signed application explaining his finances. No summons will issue yet. If he complies, the Clerk’s Office will process the case; if he does not, the action will be dismissed.
Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees.
The detailed version
- Ford v. Door Dash Inc. · No. 1:25-cv-07056
- Laura Swain
- Aug. 27, 2025
Background
Glenn Lawerance Ford brought this action without a lawyer. He submitted his complaint without paying the required filing fees and without submitting an application to proceed without prepaying fees, commonly called an IFP application.
Order
The court explained that a civil action in the Southern District of New York requires either payment of $405—consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee—or a signed IFP application. The court ordered Ford, within 30 days of the order, to pay the $405 or submit the attached IFP application. If the application is granted, Ford may proceed without prepaying the fees.
No summons will issue at this time. If Ford complies with the order, the case will be processed under the Clerk’s Office procedures. If he fails to comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal-Fee Ruling
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied IFP status for purposes of an appeal. The order did not address the underlying claims against Door Dash Inc. or the other named defendants.
Read the full 4-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.