Solomon v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Laura Swain
- 1:25-cv-06919
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Gavin Solomon v. Board of Governors, Judge Swain dismissed the action without prejudice because Solomon neither paid the filing fee nor submitted an application to proceed without paying.
Gavin Solomon’s action was dismissed without prejudice because he did not pay the required filing fee or submit an application to proceed without paying it; the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System was the defendant.
What happened
Gavin Solomon v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System concerned Solomon’s failure to comply with the court’s order requiring him either to pay the $405 filing fee or submit an application to proceed without paying it.
The court said Solomon did neither within the required 30 days and dismissed the action without prejudice. It also denied permission to proceed without paying fees for any appeal.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain directed the clerk to enter judgment dismissing the action and certified that any appeal would not be taken in good faith.
The detailed version
- Solomon v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · No. 1:25-cv-06919
- Laura Swain
- Oct. 29, 2025
Background
On August 26, 2025, the court ordered Gavin Solomon to submit a completed application to proceed without paying court fees or to pay the $405 required filing fee within 30 days. The order warned that failing to comply would result in dismissal.
Court’s ruling
Solomon did not submit the application or pay the filing fee. The court therefore dismissed the action without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915. “Without prejudice” means the dismissal did not bar a later filing based solely on this dismissal.
The court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without paying fees for purposes of an appeal. Judge Laura Taylor Swain directed the clerk to enter judgment dismissing the action.
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