Ottah v. Verifone System Inc.
- Analisa Torres
- 1:21-cv-09645
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 1
In Ottah v. Verifone System Inc., Judge Torres ordered the Clerk to return a $3 overpayment and denied fee-free status for any appeal.
Chikezie Ottah is to receive a $3 check for the overpayment, but may not appeal this order without paying the required fees.
What happened
In Ottah v. Verifone System Inc., Chikezie Ottah filed the case without a lawyer and paid the required court fees by check.
The required fees totaled $402, but Ottah submitted a check for $405, overpaying by $3. The court ordered the Clerk to accept the check, issue a separate $3 check, and send both checks and the order to Ottah by certified mail.
Judge Analisa Torres also ruled that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied Ottah permission to appeal without paying the required fees.
The detailed version
- Ottah v. Verifone System Inc. · No. 1:21-cv-09645
- Analisa Torres
- Nov. 29, 2021
Background
Chikezie Ottah brought this civil action without a lawyer. The required court charges were $402: a $350 filing fee and a $52 administrative fee. Ottah submitted a check for $405, resulting in a $3 overpayment.
Order
The court directed the Clerk of Court to accept Ottah’s $405 check, issue a separate check for $3, and send the checks and a copy of the order to Ottah by certified mail.
The court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. As a result, the court denied permission to appeal without paying the required fees. Judge Analisa Torres signed the order.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.