KELVIN PARKER v. LVMH MOËT HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON INC., et al.
- Laura Swain
- 1:26-cv-07071
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Parker v. LVMH, Judge Swain ordered Parker to pay fees or submit an application to proceed without prepayment within 30 days.
Kelvin Parker, who must either pay $405 in fees or submit a completed and signed application to proceed without prepayment within 30 days to avoid dismissal of the action.
What happened
In KELVIN PARKER v. LVMH MOËT HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON INC., et al., Kelvin Parker filed a civil action without paying the required fees or submitting a completed and signed application to proceed without prepayment of fees.
The court ordered Parker, within 30 days, either to pay $405 in fees or submit the completed and signed application. No summonses will issue yet, and the action will be dismissed if Parker does not comply within the allowed time.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain also stated that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying appeal fees.
The detailed version
- KELVIN PARKER v. LVMH MOËT HENNESSY LOUIS VUITTON INC., et al. · No. 1:26-cv-07071
- Laura Swain
- Aug. 27, 2026
Background
Kelvin Parker brought this civil 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 prepayment of fees. The required fees are $405: a $350 filing fee and a $55 administrative fee.
Order
The court ordered Parker to do one of two things within 30 days of the order: pay the $405 in fees, or complete, sign, and submit the attached application to proceed without prepayment of fees. If the court grants that application, Parker may proceed without paying the fees in advance. The application must identify docket number 1:26-CV-7071 (LTS).
No summonses will issue at this time. If Parker complies with the order, 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-related ruling
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied permission to proceed without prepaying fees for an appeal.
Disposition
The court issued an order directing payment of fees or submission of an application to proceed without prepayment of fees. It did not decide the merits of Parker’s claims in this order.
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