Warren v. PVH Corp.
- Laura Swain
- 1:22-cv-00851
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In Warren v. PVH Corp., Judge Swain ordered Cameron Warren to pay fees or apply to proceed without prepayment, or face dismissal.
Cameron Warren, the plaintiff representing himself, was required to pay the fees or submit an application to proceed without prepayment before the action could proceed.
What happened
Warren v. PVH Corp. was filed by Cameron Warren without the required filing fees or an application to proceed without paying those fees upfront. The order identifies Warren as representing himself.
The court gave Warren 30 days to pay $402 in fees—$350 for filing and $52 for administration—or submit a signed application to proceed without prepayment. No summons would issue at that time, and the action would be dismissed if Warren did not comply.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain directed the Clerk of Court to send Warren the order and denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees, finding that any appeal would not be taken in good faith.
The detailed version
- Warren v. PVH Corp. · No. 1:22-cv-00851
- Laura Swain
- Feb. 7, 2022
Background
Cameron Warren filed this civil action without paying the required fees and without submitting an application to proceed without prepaying them. The opinion states that Warren is representing himself.
Order
The court explained that starting a civil action requires either payment of a $350 filing fee and a $52 administrative fee, for a total of $402, or a signed application to proceed without prepayment under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915. Warren was ordered to take one of those two steps within 30 days of the order. If the court grants the application, Warren may proceed without paying the fees upfront.
The Clerk of Court was directed to mail Warren a copy of the order and record service on the docket. The court directed that no summons issue at that time. The case would be processed under the Clerk’s Office procedures if Warren complied; if he did not comply within the allowed time, the action would be dismissed.
Appeal
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that an appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied permission to appeal without prepaying fees.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.