Emm v. Tramz Hotel Group
Jacquelyn Emm; Sergio Brooks v. Tramz Hotel Group, LLC; Grapnel LLC; Tarannum Murad Irrevocable Trust I
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-05768
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Jacquelyn Emm v. Tramz Hotel Group, Chief Judge Swain dismissed the complaint without prejudice after plaintiffs neither paid filing fees nor submitted required fee-waiver applications.
Jacquelyn Emm and Sergio Brooks had their complaint dismissed without prejudice after they did not submit the required fee-waiver applications or pay the filing fee. The Court also denied fee-waiver status for any appeal and directed entry of a civil judgment.
What happened
Jacquelyn Emm and Sergio Brooks filed a complaint against Tramz Hotel Group, LLC, Grapnel LLC, and Tarannum Murad Irrevocable Trust I. The court had ordered them to submit applications to proceed without paying filing fees or to pay the required filing fees.
The order gave the plaintiffs thirty days to comply and warned that the complaint would be dismissed if they did not. The plaintiffs did not submit the applications or pay the fees.
Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain dismissed the complaint without prejudice. She also ruled that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without paying fees for an appeal, while directing the Clerk of Court to enter a civil judgment.
The detailed version
- Emm v. Tramz Hotel Group · No. 1:25-cv-05768
- Laura Swain
- Sept. 8, 2025
Background
By an order dated July 23, 2025, the Court directed Jacquelyn Emm and Sergio Brooks, within thirty days, either to submit completed applications to proceed without prepaying court fees or to pay the $405 filing fee required for a civil action in the Southern District of New York. The order warned that failing to comply would result in dismissal of the complaint.
Court’s Ruling
The plaintiffs did not submit applications to proceed without prepaying fees and did not pay the filing fee. The Court therefore 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. It consequently denied permission to proceed without prepaying fees for an appeal. The Court also directed the Clerk of Court to enter a civil judgment.
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