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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Dec. 10, 2019

Rosario-Ramon v. Doe

Judge
Colleen McMahon
Docket
1:19-cv-03045
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Rosario-Ramon v. Doe, Judge McMahon dismissed the complaint after Plaintiff failed to file the required amended complaint and denied appeal fee-waiver status.

Who this affects

Matias Rosario-Ramon, whose complaint was dismissed after he failed to file the required amended complaint; his request to proceed without prepaying filing fees for an appeal was also denied.

What happened

In Matias Rosario-Ramon v. John Doe, the court had ordered Rosario-Ramon to file an amended complaint within 60 days and warned that failing to do so would result in dismissal.

Rosario-Ramon did not file an amended complaint, so the court dismissed the complaint. The court also denied Rosario-Ramon permission to proceed without paying filing fees for an appeal, certifying that an appeal would not be taken in good faith.

Chief United States District Judge Colleen McMahon issued the dismissal order on December 10, 2019. The order does not state whether the dismissal was with or without prejudice.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Rosario-Ramon v. Doe · No. 1:19-cv-03045
Judge
Colleen McMahon
Date
Dec. 10, 2019

Background

On September 24, 2019, the court directed Matias Rosario-Ramon to file an amended complaint within 60 days. The order warned that failure to comply would result in dismissal. Rosario-Ramon did not file an amended complaint.

The complaint had been filed without prepaying filing fees under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), a status commonly called proceeding in forma pauperis.

Ruling

The court dismissed the complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i1), as that citation appears in the opinion. The order does not state whether the dismissal was with or without prejudice.

The court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied permission to proceed without prepaying filing fees for an appeal. The Clerk of Court was directed to mail Rosario-Ramon a copy of the order and record service on the docket.

Chief United States District Judge Colleen McMahon signed the order.

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