Peru v. United Nations Office for Project Services
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-08857
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 4
In Consorcio Gran Evento Peru v. United Nations Office for Project Services, Judge Swain ordered payment or a fee-waiver application within 30 days.
Consorcio Gran Evento Peru must either pay the required fees or submit a signed fee-waiver application within 30 days; the United Nations Office for Project Services is the named respondent, but the order does not decide its substantive rights.
What happened
Consorcio Gran Evento Peru v. United Nations Office for Project Services began when Consorcio filed an action without paying the required fees or submitting an application to proceed without prepaying them.
The court ordered Consorcio, which filed without a lawyer, to pay $405 or submit a signed fee-waiver application within 30 days. No summons will issue yet, and the action will be dismissed if Consorcio does not comply.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-waiver status for an appeal. The order did not decide the underlying dispute.
The detailed version
- Peru v. United Nations Office for Project Services · No. 1:25-cv-08857
- Laura Swain
- Oct. 28, 2025
Background
Consorcio Gran Evento Peru filed this action against the United Nations Office for Project Services. The caption identifies Consorcio as the petitioner, while the opinion refers to it as the plaintiff. Consorcio filed without a lawyer and did not pay the required filing fees or submit an application to proceed without prepaying fees.
Order
The court explained that starting a civil action requires either paying $405—consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee—or submitting a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees, commonly called an IFP application. The court ordered Consorcio, within 30 days of the order, to either pay the $405 or submit the attached IFP application. If the court grants the application, Consorcio may proceed without paying the fees in advance.
No summons will issue at this time. If Consorcio complies, the Clerk’s Office will process the case under its procedures. If Consorcio does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal and Effect
The court certified that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied IFP status for purposes of an appeal. The order addressed fees and the filing process; it did not reach the underlying legal dispute or decide the claims against the respondent.
Read the full 4-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.