Lovelady v. Otis Bantum Correctional Facility
Juan Lovelady v. Otis Bantum Correctional Facility, Rikers Island; Warden D. Mebane; City of New York; Mayor Eric Adams; Commissioner Louis Molina
- Laura Swain
- 1:24-cv-09646
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
Lovelady v. Otis Bantum Correctional Facility: Judge Swain dismissed the amended complaint for failure to state a claim and denied fee-waiver status for appeal.
Juan Lovelady’s amended complaint was dismissed, the case was closed, and permission to proceed without paying the filing fee for an appeal was denied.
What happened
In Juan Lovelady v. Otis Bantum Correctional Facility, the court dismissed Lovelady’s amended complaint because it did not state a claim for which relief could be granted. The judgment does not describe the allegations or explain the reasons from the earlier opinion that supported the dismissal.
The complaint had been filed without paying the filing fee under a statute allowing qualifying litigants to do so. The court also ruled that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied that fee-waiver status for purposes of an appeal. The case was closed.
Judge Laura Swain’s court entered the judgment on September 25, 2025, based on the court’s Opinion and Order dated July 29, 2025.
The detailed version
- Lovelady v. Otis Bantum Correctional Facility · No. 1:24-cv-09646
- Laura Swain
- Sept. 25, 2025
Disposition
The court dismissed Juan Lovelady’s amended complaint for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted. The judgment cites 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii), which requires dismissal during court screening when a complaint filed without the filing fee does not state a legally sufficient claim. The judgment does not provide the allegations, the claims, or the reasoning from the court’s earlier Opinion and Order dated July 29, 2025.
Appeal-related ruling
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 proceed without paying the filing fee for purposes of an appeal. The judgment states that the case is closed.
Judge and date
Judge Laura Swain is identified in the supplied case information. The judgment is dated September 25, 2025, in the Southern District of New York. The document is signed by the clerk of court on behalf of the court.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.