Shakur v. Shawn Corey Carter
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-04737
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Shakur v. Carter, Judge Swain dismissed the complaint without prejudice because Shakur neither paid the filing fee nor submitted an IFP application.
Danielle Amara Shakur's complaint was dismissed without prejudice because she did not pay the filing fee or submit an IFP application. IFP status was also denied for any appeal, and judgment was entered.
What happened
In Danielle Amara Shakur v. Shawn Corey Carter, et al., the court had ordered Shakur to submit a completed application to proceed without paying filing fees or to pay the $405 filing fee within 30 days.
Shakur did neither. The court therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not bar refiling. The court also denied fee-free status for any appeal and directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment.
Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued the order on September 19, 2025. She also certified that any appeal would not be taken in good faith.
The detailed version
- Shakur v. Shawn Corey Carter · No. 1:25-cv-04737
- Laura Swain
- Sept. 19, 2025
Background
On August 1, 2025, the Court ordered Plaintiff Danielle Amara Shakur to do one of two things within 30 days: submit a completed application to proceed without paying filing fees, commonly called an IFP application, or pay the $405 fee required to file a civil action in the court. The order warned that failing to comply would result in dismissal of the complaint.
Ruling
The Court found that Shakur had neither submitted an IFP application nor paid the filing fee. It therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice. The opinion does not state the claims asserted in the complaint or address their merits.
The Court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It denied IFP status for purposes of an appeal and directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment.
Effect
The dismissal was without prejudice. The opinion does not otherwise describe what steps, if any, Shakur may take concerning the complaint.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.