Green v. FOX Corporation
- Laura Swain
- 1:22-cv-00243
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Green v. FOX Corporation, Judge Swain dismissed Courtney Green’s complaint without prejudice because Green neither submitted a corrected fee-waiver application nor paid the filing fee.
Courtney Green’s complaint was dismissed without prejudice because Green did not submit the required amended fee-waiver application or pay the $402 filing fee. The court also denied fee-waiver status for an appeal.
What happened
In Green v. FOX Corporation, Courtney Green was required to either submit a completed application to waive the civil filing fee or pay the required $402 fee. The court had given Green 30 days to do so after an earlier order found the first application insufficient.
Green did neither. The court therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice, meaning the dismissal did not permanently bar refiling. The court also determined that an appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied fee-waiver status for any appeal.
Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued the dismissal order on February 25, 2022, and directed the Clerk of Court to send Green a copy.
The detailed version
- Green v. FOX Corporation · No. 1:22-cv-00243
- Laura Swain
- Feb. 25, 2022
Background
On January 13, 2022, the court directed Courtney Green to submit a completed amended application to proceed without paying the filing fee, or to pay the $402 required to file a civil action. The order gave Green 30 days to comply and stated that failure to do so would result in dismissal.
Court’s ruling
Green did not file the amended application and did not pay the filing fee. The court therefore dismissed the complaint without prejudice under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914 and 1915. The order also certified that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied Green permission to proceed without paying fees for an appeal. Judge Laura Taylor Swain directed the Clerk of Court to transmit a copy of the order to Green.
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