Jiang v. Central Government of P.R. China
Ziyao Jiang v. Central Government of P.R. China; Ministry of Public Security of P.R. China
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-03521
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Ziyao Jiang v. Central Government, Judge Swain terminated outstanding motions and denied fee-free appeal status.
The order affected Ziyao Jiang's outstanding motions and any effort to appeal this order without paying the required filing fees. The opinion does not describe the effect on the defendants beyond terminating the outstanding motions.
What happened
Ziyao Jiang v. Central Government of P.R. China; Ministry of Public Security of P.R. China is a brief order concerning pending motions and a possible appeal. The opinion does not describe the underlying dispute.
The court directed the Clerk of Court to terminate the outstanding motions, referring to an earlier docket entry and listing docket entries 98 through 100. The opinion does not identify those motions or explain their requested relief.
Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain certified that an appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied Jiang permission to appeal without paying the required filing fees. The order does not address the merits of the underlying case.
The detailed version
- Jiang v. Central Government of P.R. China · No. 1:25-cv-03521
- Laura Swain
- Sept. 16, 2025
Order
The court directed the Clerk of Court to terminate the outstanding motions, referring to Docket Entry No. 97 and identifying docket entries 98 through 100. The opinion does not identify the motions, state who filed them, or describe the relief requested.
Appeal-Filing-Fee Determination
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 permission to appeal without paying the required filing fees. The court cited the rule that good faith exists when an appellant seeks review of a nonfrivolous issue.
Disposition and Scope
The order terminated the outstanding motions and denied fee-waiver status for an appeal from this order. It does not decide the merits of the underlying dispute or explain the basis of the terminated motions.
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