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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled June 15, 2020

Perrong v. Natural Synthetics Inc.

Judge
Colleen McMahon
Docket
1:20-cv-04056
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Perrong v. Natural Synthetics Inc., Judge McMahon granted Andrew Perrong’s request to withdraw his complaint and voluntarily dismissed the action.

Who this affects

Andrew Perrong’s action against Natural Synthetics Inc., doing business as ITSME, and Aakash Astry was voluntarily dismissed. Perrong was also denied permission to proceed without paying court fees for an appeal.

What happened

In Perrong v. Natural Synthetics Inc., Andrew Perrong notified the court that he wanted to withdraw his complaint against Natural Synthetics Inc., doing business as ITSME, and Aakash Astry.

The court granted his request under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) and voluntarily dismissed the complaint. The order did not decide the underlying claims.

Judge Colleen McMahon also ruled that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without paying court fees for an appeal.

The detailed version

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

Case
Perrong v. Natural Synthetics Inc. · No. 1:20-cv-04056
Judge
Colleen McMahon
Date
June 15, 2020

Background

On June 10, 2020, the court received a letter from Andrew Perrong stating that he wanted to withdraw his complaint against Natural Synthetics Inc., doing business as ITSME, and Aakash Astry.

Ruling

The court granted Perrong’s request under Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The complaint was voluntarily dismissed. The opinion does not state that the dismissal was with or without prejudice, and the court did not address the merits of the claims.

Appeal

The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied permission to proceed without paying court fees for purposes of an appeal.

Effect

The action was voluntarily dismissed at Perrong’s request. The opinion does not state whether any party was represented by a lawyer.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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