Jaime v. Deputy of Health Toumi
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-05875
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Luis Jaime v. Deputy of Health Toumi, Judge Swain dismissed the complaint without prejudice because Jaime neither paid the filing fee nor submitted the required forms.
Luis Jaime's complaint was dismissed without prejudice because he did not submit the required fee-waiver application and prisoner authorization or pay the $405 filing fee.
What happened
In Luis Jaime v. Deputy of Health Toumi, the court had ordered Luis Jaime to submit a fee-waiver application and prisoner authorization or pay the $405 filing fee within 30 days.
Jaime did not submit the required forms or pay the fee. The court therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not bar refiling.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-waiver status for any appeal. She directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment.
The detailed version
- Jaime v. Deputy of Health Toumi · No. 1:25-cv-05875
- Laura Swain
- Sept. 2, 2025
Background
On July 25, 2025, the court ordered Luis Jaime to do one of two things within 30 days: submit a completed application to proceed without paying court fees, along with prisoner authorization, or pay the $405 required filing fee. The order warned that failing to comply would result in dismissal of the complaint.
Ruling
The court found that Jaime had not submitted the fee-waiver application and prisoner authorization and had not paid the filing fee. It dismissed the complaint without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915.
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-waiver status for purposes of an appeal. The court also directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment.
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