Yusef Hafez Hason El v. Osemudiamhen Eigbe, et al.
- Laura Swain
- 1:26-cv-07091
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Yusef Hafez Hason El v. Osemudiamhen Eigbe, Judge Swain ordered payment or an application to proceed without prepaying fees within 30 days.
The pro se plaintiff, Yusef Hafez Hason El; the action will be dismissed if he does not pay the fees or submit the required application within 30 days.
What happened
In Yusef Hafez Hason El v. Osemudiamhen Eigbe, the plaintiff filed a civil action without paying the required fees or submitting a completed application to proceed without prepaying them.
The court ordered the plaintiff, within 30 days of the order, to pay $405 or complete, sign, and submit the required application. No summonses will issue at this time, and the action will be dismissed if the plaintiff does not comply.
Chief United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain also ruled that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying appeal fees.
The detailed version
- Yusef Hafez Hason El v. Osemudiamhen Eigbe, et al. · No. 1:26-cv-07091
- Laura Swain
- Aug. 27, 2026
Background
Yusef Hafez Hason El brought this action without a lawyer. The opinion states that he submitted the complaint without paying the required fees and without submitting a completed and signed application to proceed without prepaying fees, commonly called an IFP application.
Order
The court ordered the plaintiff, within 30 days from the date of the order, to do one of two things:
- Pay $405 in fees, consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee; or - Complete, sign, and submit the attached IFP application, labeled with docket number 1:26-CV-7091.
If the court grants the IFP application, the plaintiff may proceed without prepaying the fees. No summonses will issue at this time. If the plaintiff complies, the Clerk’s Office will process the action under its procedures. If he does not comply within the allowed time, the action will be dismissed.
Appeal certification
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), the court certified that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied IFP status for purposes of an appeal.
Disposition
The court entered an order directing payment of fees or submission of an IFP application. It did not decide the underlying claims in the action.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.