El Bey v. Dogdig
- Laura Swain
- 1:22-cv-00091
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In El Bey v. Dogdig, Judge Swain ordered Jakim El Bey to pay $402 or apply to proceed without prepaying fees within 30 days.
Jakim El Bey, who must either pay the required fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying them within 30 days.
What happened
In El Bey v. Dogdig, Jakim El Bey filed a civil action without paying the required fees or submitting an application to proceed without prepaying them. The court said the required payment is $402.
The court gave El Bey 30 days to pay the fees or submit a signed application to proceed without prepaying them. No summons will be issued yet. If he does not comply on time, the action will be dismissed.
Judge Swain also ruled that an appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying fees for an appeal.
The detailed version
- El Bey v. Dogdig · No. 1:22-cv-00091
- Laura Swain
- Jan. 19, 2022
Background
Jakim El Bey brought this civil action without a lawyer. He submitted the complaint without paying the required filing and administrative fees and without submitting an application to proceed without prepaying fees.
Order
The court ordered El Bey, within 30 days of the order, to either pay $402—consisting of a $350 filing fee and a $52 administrative fee—or complete, sign, and submit an application to proceed without prepaying fees. The application had to identify docket number 1:22-CV-0091. The court explained that, if the application were granted, El Bey could proceed without prepaying the fees.
The Clerk of Court was directed to mail the order to El Bey and record service on the docket. No summons was to issue at that time. The order states that, if El Bey complied, the action would be processed under the Clerk’s Office procedures; if he failed to comply within the allowed time, the action would be dismissed.
Appeal
The court certified that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to proceed without prepaying fees for an appeal. The order did not address the merits of El Bey’s claims.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.