Franklin v. Shawn Corey Carter CEO Rapper
Ephesian Johnny Franklin v. Shawn Corey Carter CEO Rapper; Beyonce Giselle Knowles Pop Singer
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-00231
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Ephesian Johnny Franklin v. Shawn Corey Carter, Judge Swain terminated pending motions, denied an appeal fee waiver, and left the matter under review.
Plaintiff Ephesian Johnny Franklin and defendants Shawn Corey Carter CEO Rapper and Beyonce Giselle Knowles Pop Singer; the order also affects any appeal from this order.
What happened
In Ephesian Johnny Franklin v. Shawn Corey Carter and Beyonce Giselle Knowles, the court issued an order concerning three pending motions. The order relied on an earlier May 30, 2025 order, whose details are not included here.
The clerk was directed to terminate all pending motions. The matter remains under judicial review, so this order did not end the court’s review of the case.
Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied Franklin permission to appeal without paying the required court fees.
The detailed version
- Franklin v. Shawn Corey Carter CEO Rapper · No. 1:25-cv-00231
- Laura Swain
- Sept. 3, 2025
Order
The court directed the Clerk of Court to terminate all pending motions, identified as ECF 5, 7, and 9. The court did so for the reasons stated in its May 30, 2025 order, but that earlier order is not provided in the opinion text.
Status of the case
The court stated that the matter remains under judicial review. Thus, the order terminated the pending motions but did not state that the case itself was dismissed or otherwise ended.
Appeal ruling
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied Franklin permission to appeal without paying the required court fees. Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain signed the order.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.