PAULO RAMOS DA SILVA FILHO v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ET AL.
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-07471
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Paulo Ramos da Silva Filho v. United States, Judge Swain dismissed the complaint without prejudice because plaintiff neither paid the fees nor submitted a request to proceed without paying.
Paulo Ramos da Silva Filho’s complaint was dismissed without prejudice after he did not pay the filing fees or submit the required application to proceed without paying them. The United States and the other named defendants were not subjected to a merits ruling in this order.
What happened
Paulo Ramos da Silva Filho sued the United States and other defendants in the Southern District of New York. The court had ordered him to submit a request to proceed without paying filing fees or pay the required $405 in filing fees within 30 days.
He did neither. The order dismissed the complaint without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not bar refiling, although the opinion does not describe the claims or address their merits.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without paying fees. She directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment.
The detailed version
- PAULO RAMOS DA SILVA FILHO v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ET AL. · No. 1:25-cv-07471
- Laura Swain
- Oct. 14, 2025
Background
The court had previously ordered Paulo Ramos da Silva Filho to submit a completed application to proceed without paying filing fees or to pay the $405 required to file a civil action. The September 10, 2025 order gave him 30 days and warned that failing to comply would result in dismissal.
Compliance and dismissal
The opinion states that Paulo Ramos da Silva Filho did not submit the fee-waiver application and did not pay the filing fees. The court therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915. The opinion does not discuss the complaint’s underlying claims.
Appeal and judgment
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without paying fees for an appeal. The court also directed the Clerk of Court to enter judgment. Judge Laura Taylor Swain signed the order.
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