Crump v. 180 Degrees Halfway House Staff
Willie James Crump v. 180 Degrees Halfway House Staff, David Phaff, Richard Coffey, and Tony Hunter
- Katherine Menendez
- 0:26-cv-01891
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
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Crump v. 180 Degrees Halfway House Staff: Judge Docherty recommended dismissal without prejudice for failure to pay the required filing fee.
The recommendation affects Plaintiff Willie James Crump by recommending that his action be dismissed without prejudice and that his request to proceed without paying the full filing fee be denied. It concerns the action against 180 Degrees Halfway House Staff, David Phaff, Richard Coffey, and Tony Hunter.
What happened
In Willie James Crump v. 180 Degrees Halfway House Staff, the court required Crump to pay an initial filing fee of $25.67 within 21 days.
The deadline passed without payment. The court therefore recommended ending the case without prejudice because Crump failed to prosecute it, meaning he did not follow the court’s fee order.
Judge John F. Docherty also recommended denying Crump’s request to proceed without paying the full filing fee. The recommendation is not a final order, and the notice says it cannot be directly appealed; objections may be filed within 14 days after service.
The detailed version
- Crump v. 180 Degrees Halfway House Staff · No. 0:26-cv-01891
- Katherine Menendez
- June 8, 2026
Background
On May 5, 2026, the court ordered Plaintiff Willie James Crump to pay an initial partial filing fee of $25.67. The order gave him 21 days—until May 26, 2026—to pay. It warned that failure to pay would lead the court to recommend dismissal for failure to prosecute.
The deadline passed, and Crump did not submit the required fee.
Recommendation
Judge John F. Docherty, a United States magistrate judge, recommended that the action be dismissed without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute. “Without prejudice” means the recommendation does not bar a later filing based solely on this dismissal. The recommendation also states that Crump’s request to proceed without paying the full filing fee should be denied.
This document is a report and recommendation, not a final order or judgment of the District Court. The notice says it is not directly appealable to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Under the cited local rule, a party may file specific written objections within 14 days after being served with the recommendation.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.