Gueye v. Jeffrey Epstein's Estates
- Colleen McMahon
- 1:21-cv-00163
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Gueye v. Jeffrey Epstein’s Estates: Judge McMahon dismissed Gueye’s complaint without prejudice because he neither submitted a fee-waiver request nor paid the filing fee.
Amar Gueye’s complaint was dismissed without prejudice because he did not submit the required fee-waiver application or pay the filing fee. The court also denied him fee-free status for an appeal.
What happened
In Amar Gueye v. Jeffrey Epstein’s Estates, the court had ordered Gueye to submit a request to proceed without paying the filing fee or pay the required $402 filing fee within 30 days.
Gueye did neither. The court therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not bar filing the complaint again.
Chief Judge Colleen McMahon also ruled that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied Gueye permission to appeal without paying the required fees.
The detailed version
- Gueye v. Jeffrey Epstein's Estates · No. 1:21-cv-00163
- Colleen McMahon
- Mar. 12, 2021
Background
On January 13, 2021, the court directed Amar Gueye to either submit a completed application to proceed without paying court fees or pay the $402 filing fee required to bring a civil action. The order warned that failing to do so would result in dismissal.
Gueye did not submit the fee-waiver application or pay the filing fee.
Ruling
The court dismissed the complaint without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915. The opinion does not address the merits of Gueye’s claims against Jeffrey Epstein’s Estates or the other defendants. The court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied Gueye permission to proceed without paying fees for an appeal.
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