Dr. Mohamed Abdelmoneim Abdelrahman Eltayeb v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…
Dr. Mohamed Abdelmoneim Abdelrahman Eltayeb v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), et al.
- Laura Taylor Swain
- 1:25-cv-09786
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Eltayeb v. USCIS, Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered payment of fees or an application to proceed without prepayment.
Dr. Mohamed Abdelmoneim Abdelrahman Eltayeb, who filed the action without a lawyer and must either pay the required fees or submit an application to proceed without prepayment.
What happened
In Dr. Mohamed Abdelmoneim Abdelrahman Eltayeb v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Dr. Eltayeb filed an action seeking emergency relief without a lawyer.
He submitted the complaint without paying the required fees and without an application to proceed without prepaying them. The court said he must pay $405 or submit a signed application asking to proceed without prepayment.
The court gave Dr. Eltayeb 30 days to comply and did not issue a summons. Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain said the action will be dismissed without prejudice if he does not comply, and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees.
The detailed version
- Dr. Mohamed Abdelmoneim Abdelrahman Eltayeb v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration… · No. 1:25-cv-09786
- Laura Taylor Swain
- Nov. 25, 2025
Background
Dr. Mohamed Abdelmoneim Abdelrahman Eltayeb filed this action seeking emergency relief. He appeared without a lawyer. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the emergency relief requested.
A person bringing a civil action in the court must either pay the required fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying them. This status is commonly called proceeding in forma pauperis, or IFP. The court stated that the required fees are $405: a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee.
Order
Dr. Eltayeb submitted the complaint without the fees and without an IFP application. The court ordered him, within 30 days of the order's date, to either pay $405 or submit the attached signed IFP application labeled with docket number 25-CV-9786. If the court grants the application, he may proceed without prepaying the fees.
The court did not issue a summons at this time. It stated that the case will be processed under the Clerk's Office procedures if Dr. Eltayeb complies. If he does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed without prejudice, meaning the opinion does not bar refiling on that basis.
Appeal and Classification
Judge Laura Taylor Swain certified that an appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied IFP status for purposes of an appeal. This is a procedural order addressing the filing requirements for the case; it does not decide the underlying claims.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.