Lim v. Evers
- Laura Swain
- 1:26-cv-05961
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Khor C. Lim v. Tony Evers, Chief Judge Swain ordered payment or an IFP application within 30 days.
Khor C. Lim must either pay $405 or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying fees within 30 days; otherwise, the action will be dismissed. The court has not yet issued a summons or addressed the preliminary-injunction motion.
What happened
In Khor C. Lim v. Tony Evers, Khor C. Lim filed the action without paying the required fees or submitting an application to proceed without prepaying them. The opinion states that Lim is representing himself.
The court ordered Lim, within 30 days of the order, either to pay $405 in filing and administrative fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepayment. The court has not issued a summons and will not address Lim’s request for a preliminary injunction until he complies.
Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain stated that the action will be dismissed if Lim does not comply. She also denied permission to proceed without fees for any appeal from this order.
The detailed version
- Lim v. Evers · No. 1:26-cv-05961
- Laura Swain
- July 17, 2026
Background
Khor C. Lim filed this action while representing himself. The complaint was submitted without the required fees and without an application to proceed without prepaying fees.
Order
The court explained that a civil action requires either payment of $405— consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee—or a signed application to proceed without prepayment of fees, commonly called an IFP application. The court ordered Lim to take one of those steps within 30 days of the order. If the court grants the IFP application, Lim may proceed without paying the fees in advance.
The court directed that no summons issue at this time. It also stated that it would not address Lim’s motion for a preliminary injunction until he complies with the order. The court stated that the action will be dismissed if Lim does not comply within the allowed time.
Appeal
The court certified that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying fees for an appeal. The opinion does not address the merits of the claims or the preliminary-injunction request.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.